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THE UNITED STATES SHIP 

GREAT NORTHERN 

HISTORY OF 
A TROOP TRANSPORT 



Built in 1915, k$ the Cramp Shipbuilding Co., at Philadelphia 

Length: 524 ft. Speed: 24 knots 

Width: 63 ft. (Oil Burning) 

Gross Tonnage: 8,244 



BEFORE THE WAR 

Owned b>) the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Co. 

R» in Winter ! o . > San Francisco and Honolulu 

un : \ . c . between \ c c J o .1 J 

^ in Summer ) (ban rrancisco and Portland 

Known as the " Palace of tke Pacific " and the Fastest Passenger 
Ship under the American Flag 



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Copyright, 1919 
BY 

D. K. ROMIG 




JAN -9 1919 
©CI.A508953 



DEDICATED TO 

Captain W. W. Phelps, U. S. Navy 

and Captain S. H. R. Doyle, U. S. Navy, under 

whose able commands the ship developed and maintained a 

reputation for efficiency and smartness that "will 

ever he a just reason for pride to every 

man that served on board 



.4 Resumi of the 
Great Northern's Performances 

l. rwent} trips through war ne in war-time, 
J CompU \x ' 72,000 miU - nths. 

3 \\ 01 - >und trip to Eun 

4. Beat u Leviathan" ; - 3,200 mile race from 

si to Ambi se < rd leg 8th trip. 

5 S s numbei in th< 

landed mon American ti - er 1,000 

than ship, 

6, v I trip 18 Noveml i 

I 30,000 - e during v s* pei 

\ r, 1918. 



Introduction 



To commemorate the ten voyages this ship has made 
to France during the war, I have compiled this daily log, 
to record the History of the GREAT NORTHERN in 
the Service of the United States. I hope that this volume 

will help to keep Up the enthusiasm which has always 

been so great on hoard this vessel, and to cement the 
friendship and comradeship which has hcen so marked, 
so that the dampening effects of time and failing memory 
cannot obliterate the GREAT NORTHERN'S record 
or cause her crew when widely scattered to forget the 
names ol" their shipmates during the war. 

There was no better ship in the Naval Transport Ser 
vice, nor was a ship ever manned by a more congenial. 
hard working crew . 

We have read much o\ what they have done and are 
doing at Pelham Bay and Great Lakes, in fact from many 
oi the Training Camps and Stations. But nothing *.\o we 
read o\ the history o\ these vessels which have hcen 
running on ferry boat schedule from New York to 
France, going over with masses of troops and returning 
with wounded, sometimes Staying scarcely 48 hours in 

port, always doing their best, at maximum speed. 

We hope to >ee the wonderful histories ol all other 
Navy transports in print so that the enviable records o! 
these vessels will he available to all. 

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r. S. S. GREA r X OK I'll ERN 



Vo the A.merican Destroyer Flotilla ( Hie Greyhounds 

of the Sea) which Furnished us with escorts through the 
w .u zone, we pa} our highest admiration and respect. It 
they do not write their experience, we shall do all we 
can to tell it for them, but no one. except the men who 
have truly experienced the one and one half years of 
pitching and tumbling on the great Atlantic, in the in- 
cessant hum for the submarine and acting as escorts to 
convoys can ever do justice to the most potent branch 
of our \a\ Y during this w ,ir. 

I hope that this book will aid to stir up enthusiasm 
and bring to prim the much censored activities OJ these 
two meat branches o\ the Naval Service, namely the 

Pest rovers and the Transports. 

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Entry Into War Service 

On November 1, 1917, this great ship was 
placed in commission as the U. S. S. GREAT 
NORTH ERX in the Navy Yard at Bremerton, 
Washington. No ceremonies marked the occa- 
sion, for it was during' the period of vast expan- 
sion of the Navy, and no time or thought was 
given to aught else but to the stern prosecution 
of the war. 

The officers and men who joined the Naval 
Service to serve on board when she was taken 
over by the United States Government and who 
remained on board until the cessation of hostili- 
ties are: 

Lieutenant-Commander Charles Porta, U. S. N. R. F. 

Lieutenant George Grundy, U. S. N. R. F. 

H. B. Donahey, C. W. T., U. S. N. R. F. 

R. M. Connors, C. C. Std., U. S. N. R. F. 

G. Irving, C. C. Std., U. S. N. R. F. 

G. H. Saunders, Stk. 3c, U. S. N. R. F. 



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Period of Fitting Out 

From 1st November, 1917, to 17th January. 
1918, the ship was in the Navy Yard undergoing 
alterations necessary to convert her from a pas- 
senger steamship to an armed troop transport. 
During this period, work of reconstruction went 
on day and night, Sundays and holidays. So 
rapid and complete were the changes made that 
on 1st November she was a beautiful passenger 
ship; on the 1st of December she appeared an 
utter wreck, and on the 17th of January. 1918, 
she steamed out oi Puget Sound a thoroughly 
rebuilt troop transport. 

A nucleus assignment of officers of the Regu- 
lar Navy were ordered to the ship during- the 
first months oi her commissioning, and most 
of the other officers to complete her complement 
were assigned from the Naval Auxiliary Reserve 
Force, and were, for the most part, seafaring- 
men with vast experience in the merchant ser- 
vice. Most of the crew were assigned to the ship 
during the months of November and December. 




attain \Y. W. Phelps, U.S.N., Commanding Officer of the Great 
Northern, from 11th November, 1917, to 20th September. 1918; 
then placed in command of the U.S.S. Leviathan 



TRO P I RA NSPOR I 



Only about thirty men of this assignment were 
regulars with previous sea service. These men, 
with about twenty Naval Auxiliary Reserve men, 
were the only men on board who had had pre- 
vious experience at sea. Upon the shoulders of 
this nucleus of officers and men was the stupen- 
dous task of whipping into shape a real "Man- 
CD- War" organization, and its accomplishment 
speaks volumes for the efficiency of the Captain, 
his officers and men. The majority of the crew- 
came from the Northwestern states. And though 
recruits at that time, they were the kind of raw- 
material that, under the right tutorship, would 
be a credit to any organization. 

No one will forget the first few months of 
commission, the enthusiasm and the hard work. 
The GREAT NORTHERN'S spirit of "hit the 
ball, and get results," was horn in the Navy Yard 
at Bremerton, Wash., and has been the motto 
ever since. 

The GREAT NORTHERN gave a farewell 
dance on the 28th of December, 1917, in the 
Arcadia I Iall at Bremerton, Wash., and although 
the committee had but a half day to arrange 
the details, everything went splendidly, and 
many times do the men look back to that happy 
evening, though it marked the separation from 
home, friends and relatives. 
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10 U. S. S. GREAT XORTHERX 

From Bremerton, Washington, to 
New York, N. Y. 

On the 17th of January, 1918, at 12.40 p.m.. 
the GREAT XORTHERX cast off lines and 
stood out Puget Sound for a standardization run, 
never again to return until the cessation of the 
war, or perhaps not even then. On board was a 
crew of about thirty-Nix officers and three hun- 
dred men, also a draft <n 675 bluejackets for the 
East Coast. 

On the evening of the 18th <n January, 1918, 
an entertainment was given to Captain W. W. 
Phelps. Commanding Officer, and it was here 
that great talent was discovered amongst the 
draft and crew. The show that evening was 
as good as any vaudeville west of Broadway. 

On the 19th of January, 1918, the GREAT 
\< MvTHERX completed her standardization 
run and proceeded on her way out of the Sound, 
San Francisco hound. Arrived at San Fran- 
cisco on 21 January, 1918. Overnight liberty was 
given to the crew and bluejacket draft. On 23 
January, 1918, received an additional draft of 
831 bluejackets from the Naval Training Camp 
at Mare Eland, for transportation to the East 
Coast. On 25 January, 1918, left dock and 
anchored out in the harbor ; took aboard 445 
alien enemies, and a guard for them of about 




Great Northern, Before Being Taken Over by the Navy 




U. S. S. Great Northern at Sea 



TROOP TRANSPORT 11 

400 soldiers. Sailed for Panama the same date. 
The trip to Panama was one long to be remem- 
bered. Initial drills were rehearsed daily to fit 
the ship for the duty it was about to enter. 
The peaceful Pacific was a little turbulent. Per- 
haps a thousand or more of the men on board 
had never been to sea before and their first 
introduction was a little too much for them. 
Cheeks that were red and full of color from the 
vigorous training at various training camps 
turned ashen. Despite Hoover's food conserva- 
tion instructions, many there were who painfully 
and miserably gave up all they had eaten on the 
trip. Afterwards some of them even claimed 
that they had tasted rare morsels they had eaten 
months before, during the aforesaid process of 
"feeding the fishes." But it did not take long 
for these recruits to get their sea-legs, and 
now, after one year of enviable sea service, there 
are many who will laugh at their first experience 
on the way to Panama. 

Arrived at Balboa on January 31, 1918; re- 
mained there until the 2nd of February, liberty 
being granted to everyone where practicable. 
Never did a ship's company enjoy a few hours 
liberty more thoroughly than there. Cocoanut 
Grove was invaded by a thousand real "wild and 
woolly" Westerners, where their intense and rol- 



12 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHER N 

licking enjoyment might be expressed in two 
words: "Everything Rough." 

On the 2nd of February, 1918, at about 6.30 
a.m., this ship commenced its trip through the 
greatest canal in the world. Everybody off 
watch went on deck to observe this memorable 
passage through the Panama Canal. First 
passed through the two chambers of the Mira- 
flores Locks, thence to the Pedro Miguel Locks, 
then through Galliard and Culebra Cut, and 
then into Gatun Lake, where we anchored for 
a short period. From there proceeded through 
the Gatun Locks. At 5.00 p.m. the ship an- 
chored off Colon. No one who has made a trip 
through the Canal will ever forget it. It is a 
colossal monument to the greatness of the United 
States. The nations which have treated this 
great countrv with contempt should have at least 
taken warning and read their folly in this mag- 
nificent undertaking and completion of a huge 
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In com- 
memoration of this passage through the canal, a 
testimonial was given to each member of the crew, 
a facsimile of which appears on opposite page. 

At 6.00 p.m. on 2nd February, 1918, the ship 
steamed out of Colon Harbor and proceeded to 
Charleston, S. C. Arrived at Charleston on 6th 
February, 1918, and delivered the 445 alien ene- 
mies whom the ship had transported from San 



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TROOP TRANSPORT 13 

Francisco, to the Army authorities at Charles- 
ton, S. C, for internment. 

An incident which happened on board during 
our passage from San Francisco to Charleston 
may have been, or may not have been, significant 
of what these aliens would have done, had they 
had the opportunity to destroy the ship. It does, 
however, clearly demonstrate the ability of even 
the newly enlisted man to "use the bean" in a 
case of emergency where no precedents had been 
established. It was late at night and the sentry 
who was on the forward stairway on which the 
aliens could only make their escape from their 
quarters, noticed a crowd of them hastening 
towards him. He quickly forgot his dizzy sea- 
sick feeling and ordered them to halt, which 
command they reluctantly obeyed. One of them 
spoke up hurriedly and said there was a fire in 
one of the staterooms and that they would have 
to get by or they would all be burned up. The 
sentry leveled his rifle and ordered them back, 
saving that as they had started it, they would 
have to put it out or burn up in it. Needless to 
say, the fire was hastily put out by the aliens. 
Had this sentry allowed them to push past him 
and clambor up the stairway, blocking all pas- 
sage downward so that the ship's fire party could 
not have gotten to the scene early, it might have 
resulted in serious damage or even complete loss 
of the ship. 



14 T. £. S. GREAT XORTHERX 

Another incident in regard to these aliens 
might well be recorded here, for though they 
were treated with the greatest amount of for- 
bearance by the officers and crew of the shin 

and by the Army detachment who were sent 
along to guard them, and despite the fact that 
the_\- were eating from the same mess as the 
officers arid crew, these aliens made a complaint 
to the Swiss Minister, who was then represent- 
ing Germany in the United States, that they 
had not been treated well and that the accom- 
modations and meals served them were bad. Net 
our own Arm)- has been transported to Europe 
under more crowded conditions, and the food has 
been the same and has been relished by all. 
No such complaint has been heard from these 
soldiers, nor has any oi the crew ever been heard 
t<> say anything except that this was the best 
feeding ship the)- were ever on. 

On 7th. February, 1 () 18. sailed for Xew York, 
arriving at Hoboken docks at about 4:30 p.m.. 
10 February, 1918. On 11th oi February, 1918, 
transferred the draft oi bluejackets to the Re- 
ceiving Ships at Philadelphia and Xew York. 
On 12th February, 1918, left Hoboken Hocks 
and proceeded to the Navy Yard. 



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Stay in Navy Yard, New York 

During sfay in Navy V^ard, all hands were 
given five days' leave. No one failed to take 
advantage of this opportunity to sec the sights 
in New York, for only a few of die crew had 
ever been there before. On 28th February, 
L918, Mrs. Phelps and a number of members of 
the Y. \\ . C. A. came on board, bringing com- 
forl kits to distribute among the crew. Later 
an entertainment was given and everyone en- 
joyed themselves thoroughly. One cannot pass 
by this date without thinking of, and appre- 
ciating tlie kindness, thought fulness and thor- 
oughness with which this noble lady, the ( Cap- 
tain's wife, always looked out for the boys from 
the GREAT NORTHERN, and many of the ar- 
ticles which made life aboard ship more com- 
fortable were directly or indirectly gotten 
through her efforts. 



First Trip Across the Atlantic 

On March 7, 1918, the Navy Yard com- 
pleted work in connection with the placing of 
four six-inch guns on board, two forward and 
two aft. Proceeded to the docks at Hoboken 
and took on stores and troops for our first trip. 

()// March 9 } 1918, the ship was inspected 
by Asst. Port Inspector, Army Piers, Hoboken, 
N. J. A letter in regard to this inspection fol- 
lows : 

"HEADQUARTERS TORT OF EMBARKATION 

Hoboken, New Jersey 
Insp. O. 

333// (Great Northern) March 11, 1918. EEB/wec. 

MEMORANDUM FOR: Commanding General, Port 
of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J. 

Subject: Inspection of U. S. N. T. GREAT NORTH- 
ERN. 

1. By appointment with Commander of the ship, in- 
spection made by Major Edward E. Britton, I. G. R. C., 
Asst. Port Inspector, at Army Piers, Hoboken, N. J., 
10.00 a. m., .March 9, 1918. 

2. This ship originates with the GREAT NORTH- 
ERN S. S. Co., San Francisco; built 1915; tonnage, 
gross 8255, net 4184; fuel, oil; speed, 21 to 23 knots. 

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3. Fitted for the carrying of 2695 soldiers, in 10 com- 
partments, Decks B, C and D; and for 150 officers in 
staterooms. 

4. In addition to room in hold for troops' baggage, can 
carry about 250 tons cargo. 

5. Messing, sleeping, toilet, lavatory and exit accom- 
modations and facilities of the very highest type. 

6. Life-saving devices consist of 16 28-ft. steel boats, 
capacity 672; life rafts, 49 nests, capacity 3400 men; 
life-preservers, "Kapok" jackets, 3600. 

7. On arriving at gang-plank, the Inspector was piped 
over the side; joined Captain Wm. Woodward Phelps, 
Commander of the ship; Captain A. H. Robertson, U. S. 
N., Naval Aid, Port of Embarkation, and other officers 
in inspection of crew assembled at quarters. Each and 
every part of the ship was inspected. 

8. The perfect battleship discipline observed, the ap- 
pearance and fine material of the petty officers and men, 
the remarkably good order and thorough cleanliness of 
the ship, reflects high credit on its Commander and his 
officers. Especially the engineroom, as well as the en- 
tire ship, might well serve as models. 

9. While free from unnecessary luxury, the material 
and workmanship in this ship are of very high order, 
and the arrangements in the way of convenience and ac- 
cessibility for officers and men could not be well ex- 
celled. 

EDWARD E. BRITTON, 
Major I. G. R. C, Asst. Port Inspector." 

On 12th March, 1918, steamed out of New 
York Harbor and the first trip across the "pond" 
had commenced. Though it was the first trip, 



18 U. S. S. G REAT NORTHERN 

everything- had been anticipated. The routine 
for Muster, General Quarters and Abandon Ship 
stations for the great mass of soldiers had been 
worked out beforehand, and it only took one or 
two drills on the first day at sea to perfect the 
organization to meet any emergency. A ship 
the size of the GREAT NORTHERN, carrying 
about 3400 souls on board, has no spare room. 
If the men of any one compartment were to go 
to the wrong station at any emergency, a panic 
might ensue, for there would be no room any- 
where on the ship for them except that space 
allotted to them. Every soldier as he came 
aboard the ship was handed an instruction sheet, 
which, in a few words, gave him an idea just 
what he was to do and what was expected of 
him on the trip across. Here are the troop 
instructions reproduced : 

"U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 
[NSTRUCTIONS FOR TROOPS 

(All Navy and Army Officers will enforce the following) 

Decks are named from upper deck down: Boat, A, B, 
C and D. Troop spaces are lettered and numbered ; the 
letter means the deck, and the number the troop space 
on the deck, counting from forward. Strictly forbidden 
to open any air port. 

Keep your life preserver and your filled canteen with 
von at all times when at sea. Before disembarking make 
the life preserver fast to your bunk where you found it, 
as others will want it after you have left the ship. 



TROOP TRAN SPORT 19 

Wash your face and hands in BASINS IN THE 
WASHROOMS. Forbidden to take any food out of 
the Mess Hall. Do not touch drinking fountains with 
the lips. To do so may spread disease. 

SMOKING—SPITTING— LIGHTS 

DO NOT SPIT ON DECK. IF YOU HAVE TO 
SPIT, USE THE SPIT KIT. 

THE USE OF TOBACCO, EITHER SMOKING 
OR CHEWING, IS PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES 
IN BERTHING SPACES. 

During daylight, smoke on open decks. Smoking 
lamps are provided instead of matches. Lit in smoking 
hours ; not lit out of smoking hours. 

MATCHES AND FLASH LIGHTS ARE NOT AL- 
LOWED IN THE SHIP. All private or Government 
owned flash lights in possession of troop officers or men 
must be collected and stored by order of troop com- 
mander. All air ports must be securely covered at Sun- 
set. Do not touch electric light switches or unscrew any 
electric light bulbs. If lights are not satisfactory, report 
facts to Troop Commander. 

REMEMBER THAT AN EXPOSED LIGHT MAY 
RESULT IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE SHIP BY 
THE ENEMY. 

RUBBISH AND GARBAGE 

DO NOT THROW RUBBISH OF ANY KIND into 
toilet or wash troughs. (This includes tobacco bags and 
heavy paper.) Toilet paper is supplied by the ship. IT 
IS FORBIDDEN TO THROW ANYTHING OVER- 
BOARD. 

All rubbish will be put in the rubbish cans placed about 
the ship, and w r ith all wooden boxes and other articles 
that will float will be sent to the incinerator, at times as 



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ordered, and burned. Metal boxes and cans will be 
punched with holes and thrown overboard only at night 
with the garbage. Do not plaee anything- in the garbage 
cans that will float. 

THE GENERAL ALARM 

When the general alarm gongs sound, all army trump- 
eters will sound "ASSEMBLY" immediately. (If the 
gongs go out oi business, the ship's buglers will sound 
"ASSEMBLY." The army trumpeters will always re- 
peat and carry along the assembly when that eall is 
sounded by ship's buglers.) Army officers repair to the 
plaees their units muster. 

EF BETWEEN REVEILLE AND TATS, all troops 
move on the run to the plaees assigned for muster and 
"fall in." 

IF BETWEEN TAPS AND REVEILLE, troops 
turned in fall in at their bunks; non-coms immediately 
begin moving their detachments up to muster plaees in 
the order directed. 

TROOPS MUST BE MAPI-: TO RUN UP THE 
STAIRWAY A\"P HATCHES. 

ABANDON SHIP 

The general alarm does not mean abandon ship. It is 
the signal to get all troops assembled on the B Peek (16 
feet above the water). A Peek and Boat Peek, all out- 
side the ship's enclosed spaces, all as high up as it is 
possible to get them; to get them organized and under 
control. Any order to abandon ship will be given by the 
Captain. REMEMBER that in ease oi abandon ship. 
detachments must move up to the Boat Peek in an orderly 
succession. Bad discipline here will cause confusion and 
possibly loss of life. There is always lots of time to 
abandon ship. The plans issued show abandon ship as- 
signments, and the route to such stations. 



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TROOP RECREATION SPACES 

Troops may use the following spaces for recreation: 
Passageways, starboard and port. C deck between frames 

136 and 186. B deck, starboard and port, from frame 
20 to 48. B deck from frame 157 to stern of ship. A 

deck, starboard and port, frame (,, » to ISO. Boat deck 
abaft officers' deck bouse. 

SPACES TROOPS MAY NOT ENTER 

Troops must not enter officers' quarters except on 
duty. 

Troops are forbidden the following places at all times 
except when on duty : 

1. Crew's space on A deck, frame 46 to frame 99. 

2. A deck from frame 180 aft. 

3. B deck from frame 48 to frame 113. (Army of 
ficers' staterooms. Army officers' messroom and pantry. ) 

4. Engine rooms and tire rooms, C deck from frame 
L35 to frame 159, officers' staterooms and log" room, en- 
gineers' berthing space. 

5. Steering engine room. 

6. Cargo spaces and hatch trunks. 

U. S. S. GREAT XORTHERX 

S A FETV RE G U L A T I O X S 

IX FORCE AT ALL TIMES 

Troop Space Bunk No 

Abandon Ship Unit 

Nothing to be thrown overboard. 
Nothing to be thrown in the latrines. 



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U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



All refuse to receptacles provided. Dumped 
only as ordered. 

Don't spit on the deck. 



ADDITIONAL IN FORCE ALWAYS 
WHEN AT SEA: 

Every man should keep a sharp lookout for Sub- 
marines. 

Screen lights at sunset. 

After sunset, no smoking on weather decks — 
no matches, no lights. 

The ship carries very little fresh water. Use it 
sparingly. 

All water-tight doors to be kept closed, except 
for access. 

Do not open air ports. 

Ship's company berth only as assigned. 



ADDITIONAL IX FORCE IN SUBMARINE 
ZONE: 

Do not take off any clothing. 

Keep warmly clad. 

Keep your life jacket and filled canteen on day 

and night, at all times. 
No hammocks for ship's company. 
Ship's company camp out nearest to stations as 

ordered. 




The Two Atlantic Tort- the Great Northern Ran Between 
(New York and Brest. Franco) 




TROOP TRANSPORT 23 

WARNING! 
Failure to comply: Court-martial charges. 

The messing arrangements alone required the 
greatest amount of attention, for it was neces- 
sary to allow each man only twenty minutes from 
the time he entered the mess hall until he fin- 
ished his meal and left. As soon as one group 
finished, another group would enter the mess 
hall. In one and one-half hours the entire Army 
personnel on hoard was fed, and the work of 
cleaning up and preparing for the next meal 
commenced. Cooks and bakers worked night 
and day to keep the soldiers fed well and 
promptly at the scheduled time. 

Ship's Organization 

The ship's company was divided up into six 
departments : 

The Gunnery: composed of gun crews and 
deck force. 

The Navigation', composed of men connected 
with the navigation of the ship. 

The Engineers: composed of men in connection 
with the propulsion of the ship. 



24 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

The Supply: composed of men who handle the 
requisitioning, accounting for, and distributing 
o\ supplies, including cooks and bakers. 

The Medical: composed of men who take care 
of the sick and sanitation of the ship. 

The Construction and Repair: composed of 
artificers who make repairs and alterations. 



In time o\ peace, one or two men are all that 
are required to man a lookout station. In this 
war, owing to the low visibility o\ a submarine's 
periscope, every man available was used as a 
lookout. 

Forward on the foremast was a lookout sta 
tion known as the high lookout. Jn the war 
zone this lookout was manned by one officer and 
two men. 

Directly over the bridge was a lookout sta- 
tion, known as the Circle of Lookouts. In the 
war zone this circle was occupied by one or more 
officers and twelve men, each man having a sec- 
tor of 30 degrees. Each man would keep his 
glasses continuously glued on his own sector and 
thus the complete circle, or the water all around 
the ship, was always being scanned, and noth- 
ing could escape for long if everyone was on 
the job and the dav was clear. 




The Chateau ui Brest, France, I 




\ View of Brest, France 



First Trip Across the Atlantic 

12 March, 1918, at 8.00 p.m. steamed down 
Ambrose Channel and al 11.00 p.m. passed Am- 
brose lightship, standard speed about 1 () knots. 

13 March., 1918, at sea. At 9.30 a.m. held 
quarters Un- muster; at 9.4S drill call sounded, 
gun crews at sighting and lire control; at 10.40 
Assembly for troops to Familiarize them with 
their assembly stations, and at 1 1.10 Retreat from 
General Quarters. At 3.00 p.m. General Alarm 
and Assembly sounded; at 3.10 Abandon Ship 
sounded; at 1.21 Secured from All Drills; at 
5.43, Sunset, Screen all exposed lights. At 0.15 
p.m. sounded General Alarm and had Abandon 
Ship Drill; at 0.40 Retreat sounded from Aban- 
don Ship drill. 

14 March. 1918, 9.35 General Quarters sound 
ed. 11.20 to 12.00 noon, Captain gave instruc- 
tions on defense from submarine attack and 
demonstrated zigzag course. At 3.33 submarine 
target lowered into water preparatory to having 
target practice; at 3.34 General Alarm sounded, 
crew at battle stations; at 3.53 sounded Cease 
Firing. 

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26 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

15th March, 1918, Drills as on previous day. 

16 March, 1918, 10.11 a.m. fired one round 
of all guns of 6-inch battery; at 10.20 ceased 
firing; at 10.22 Quarters for Commanding Of- 
ficer's inspection; at 11.34 Retreat from Com- 
manding Officer's Inspection. 

17 March, 1918. Had usual drills. 

18 March, 1918. Entered war zone, received 
submarine warning. All hands put on life pre- 
servers and canteens. All drills carried out. 
Special precautions for submarines taken. Crew 
stood watch of four hours on and four hours 
off night and day until reaching port. All 
watches were doubled and everyone slept with 
clothes on. Ship began her zig-zag course. 
Everyone was on the alert expecting to see a 
submarine at any moment. 

19th March, 1918. Steaming through war 
zone, 19 knots standard speed. Held drills. Met 
two trawlers sweeping for mines. Joined by 
destroyer escort, which was sent to convoy the 
ship into port. 

20th March, 1918. Arrived at Brest, France. 
Commenced unloading cargo and troops imme- 
diately. Liberty party sent ashore. The star- 
board watch, as usual, made the first liberty 
from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Had a great time 
in that short period, most of the time being 
occupied in purchasing souvenirs. 



TROOP TRANSPORT 27 

21st March, 1918. Brest Harbor, continued 
discharging troops. Sent liberty party ashore 
early, port watch. Some came back too late. 
For L. T. Smith, Daffin, Hendricks, Nowy and 
Weeks, this page will always be a war diary of 
the "Battle of Brest," in which they will have 
to record their ignoble capture. The "sheriff" 
alone made his perilous escape by dashing for a 
hay wagon and camouflaging himself as a I lulu 
Hulu girl, then jumping in the bay, swam to 
safety. 

22nd March, 1918. Completed unloading of 
troops and cargo. Starboard watch sent ashore 
on liberty. In the evening the Y. M. C. A. gave 
an entertainment. 

23 March, 1918, Underway at 4.45 and pro- 
ceeded to sea, escorted by the Destroyers Wads- 
worth and Nicholson. 

24th March, 1918. At Sea in War Zone. 

25 March, 1918. At Sea in War Zone. Heavy 
weather commenced. 

26th March. 1918. Out of war zone; returned 
from double watches to one section watches. 
Once more turned into hammocks and bunks 
with clothes off. 

27th March, 1918. Steaming through heavy 
sea, taking seas oyer the bow. James E. Boyle, 
C. B. M., was knocked down by a wave and 
received a lacerated wound on the scalp and left 



28 r. \. \. GRIiJT X0RTII1 : R X 

side of the back. Ship slowed down to rescue 
him from the forecastle, and he was then taken 
to the sick haw 

28th March., 1918. At sea. fair weather. Nat 
Goodwin was able to be about again after three 
days' confinement to his hunk. 

29th March, 1918. At sea, steaming at 21 
knots, nothing unusual. 

30th March. 1918. Arrived at 1 lohoken 
Docks and completed first round trip. 

/•><>/// March 31 to April 3, 1918. Remained 
at 1 lohoken, \. ]., and all hands had liberty. 
I lad Admiral's inspection. Extract ^\ report 
follows; 

"Appearance of ship : 
(i\) Inside. Excellent. 
[h) Outside. Excellent. 

Appearance ami bearing o\ 

(a) ( )fficers, Very ( rood. 

[b) Crew, \ ery ( rood. 

[mpression of junior officers ami crow with regard to 
neatness, alertness, military bearing and discipline. 

This is a new ship, in excellent condition as to mate 
rial ami cleanliness. The cleanest ami smartest transport 
that I ha\ e seen. 

i Signed ) A. 1 1. Robertson, 

Approved: The Force Commander inspected this ship 1 
April. L918, and found her in excellent condition." 




"Gun's Crews" on Dut\ in the Submarine Zone 




'Gun's Crews" on Duty in the S 



Second Voyage 

I April, 1918. Left New York; proceeded to 
Newport News, \ a. 

< irrived 5th < Ipril, 1918. In going up through 
Hampton Roads, passed by some of our newly 
built super-dreadnoughts and everyone was im- 
pressed by these huge floating forts. 

5th and 6th April, 1918. Having completed 
loading of troops, got underway and proceeded 
through Hampton Roads on second trip across. 

7 April, 1918. At sea, usual drills, no excite- 
ment. 

8 April, 1918. At sea, joined by the U.S.S. 
AMERICA. 

9 and 10 April, 1918. At sea, accompanied 
by U.S.S. AMERICA. 

// April, 1918. At sea, with U.S.S. AMER- 
ICA. At 5.40 a.m. object was sighted which 
looked like a periscope, bearing almost dead 
ahead. General Quarters was sounded. Sub- 
marine Warning Signal was hoisted. At 5.56 
object was made out to be a floating gas buoy 
flashing a white light. This was the first real 
excitement and everyone had hastened to their 

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30 L '. .V. .V. G R E A T X O R T HER N 

battle stations. It was with more disappoint- 
ment than relief, to find that this mysterious 
object was only an inoffensive gas buoy wan- 
dering around the world. 

12 April, 1 () 1S. At sea, accompanied by the 
U.S.S. AMERICA. At 9.30 a.m. AMERICA 
broke "man overboard" signal and sheered o\'( 
and retraced her wake. The GREAT NORTH- 
ERN maneuvered to stand by the AMERICA 
in ease o\ emergency. At 10.00 a.m. AMER- 
KWS life boat picked up man that had fallen 
overboard. Both ships then proceeded on their 
course. In the afternoon joined by U.S.S, AGA- 
MEMNON. 

13 April, 1918. Entered war /one, accompa- 
nied by the U.S.S. AMERICA and U.S.S. AGA- 
\1KM\( )\. 

14 April. 1918. At sea in war zone, joined 
by destroyer escort. 

15 April, 1918. Arrived at Brest, France; 
commenced unloading troops and cargo. 

16 ami 17 April, l () JS. Brest, France. Sent 
liberty party ashore from 11 :00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Continued unloading troops and cargo. 

18 April, 1918. The court martial board 
which had been meeting for the last three days 
to decide the degree (^ culpability of some of 
the members oi the crew in their last liberty 
in Brest, adjourned. 






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19 April 1918. Brest, France. Took on 
board a number of persons, including three 
Army Nurses, for passage to the United States. 
Got underway at 3 :00 p.m. and proceeded to 
sea with U.S.S. GEORGE WASHINGTON 
and U.S.S. AGAMEMNON and destroyer es- 
corts. 

20 and 21 April, 191 8. At sea in war zone, 
with escorts and two transports as mentioned 
before. 

22 April, 1918. At sea, out of war zone. 
GREAT NORTHERN and AGAMEMNON 
held target practice. GEORGE WASHING- 
TON passed by, heading Westward. After com- 
pleting target practice this ship was compelled 
to stop for over an hour in order to haul in 
target she was towing for AGAMEMNON to 
fire at. The AGAMEMNON, known as a 
pretty fast ship, sent a signal to the GREAT 
NORTHERN saying "Good-bye, wish you a 
pleasant voyage." Then she pushed right on 
ahead of this ship and was soon on the horizon. 
However, as soon as the target was secured 
on board, this ship put on speed and soon over- 
came the lead the AGAMEMNON had on her 
and then passed on by, notwithstanding the fact 
that a heavy sea was running, which necessi- 
tated this ship to run considerably less than full 
speed. 



32 r. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

23 April 1918. At sea, caught up to and 
passed by the GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

24 and 25 April, 1918. At sea, standard 
speed about 21 knots, nothing unusual. 

26 April, 1918. Arrived at New York. 
Docked at lloboken, X. J. 

27, 28 } 29 and 30 April, HAS. 48-hours lib- 
erty granted to crew. 

1 May, 1918. Completed taking on troops 
and stores. 




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Third Voyage 

2 May, 1918. Left New York on third voy- 
age aeross. 

3 May, 1918. At sea. Sighted ean buoy, 
opened fire with one-pounder. 

/ and 5 May, 1918. At sea. Everything "to- 
matoes." 

6 May, 1918. Submarine Defense Drill, fired 
6-inch guns. 

7 May, 1918. Entered War Zone. Crew took 
submarine /one stations. 

8 May, 1918. In War Zone. 

9 May, 1918, In War Zone. Destroyer es- 
cort joined ship. 

10 May. 1918. Arrived at Brest, France. 
Unloaded troops and cargo. 

// May. 1918. Sailed from Brest, France, on 
return trip accompanied by Destroyer Escort. 

12 and 13 May, 1918. In War Zone, making 
good speed for the U. S. 

//, 15, 16 and 17 May, 1918. At sea. 

18 May, 1918. Arrived at New York, having 
completed a round trip in sixteen days. 

19, 20 and 21 May. 1918. In port, loading 
troops and cargo. 

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Fourth Voyage 



22 Maw 1918. Left New York, accompanied 
by sister ship the U.S.S. NORTHERN PA- 
CIFIC. This was the one ship that the GREAT 
NORTHERN and her crew would like to keep 
company with. She was the same build and oi 
about the same speed as this ship. Her crew- 
was gotten together at the Navy Yard at Puget 
Sound at the same time as the GREAT 
N< )RTI 1 ERN was fitting out there. Both crews 
were well acquainted and were for the most part 
residents of the same states. 

23 May, 1 {) 1S. Held target practice with 
NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

24 Maw 1918. At sea. accompanied by 
NORTHERN PACIFIC; choppy sea. 

25 Maw 1918. At sea. Sighted smoke on the 
horizon, dead ahead. Six-inch battery manned. 
Made out to he a British freighter. 

26 and 27 Maw 1918. At sea with NORTH- 
ERN PACIFIC. 

28 and 2° Maw 1918. In war zone with 
NORTHERN PACIFIC and destroyer convoy. 
No excitement. 

30 May. 1918. Arrived at Brest, France. 

/ Tune, 1918. Brest Harbor, France. 

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TROOP TRA NSPOR T 



35 



2 June, 1918. I'.S.S. WARRINGTON 
brought in and delivered to this ship, the sur- 
vivors of the Troop Transport, I'.S.S. PRES- 
[DENT LINCOLN, which ship had been tor 
pedoed and sunk about 500 miles out of Brest. 
This ship met the PRESIDENT LINCOLN 
going out from Brest on 30 May, L918. A 
short narrative o\ the sinking o\ the PRES] 
DENT LINCOLN as told by Chaplain (i. C. 
Whimsett, L. S, Navy, one o\ the survivors, 
and later Chaplain on hoard this vessel up to 
the cessation o\ hostilities, follows: 

The Story of the Sinking of the 
President Lincoln 



On the morning oi May 30th, 1918, the 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, on her fifth return 
trip, was steaming at full speed in company with 
the RYNDAM, SUSQUEHANNA and ANTI- 
GONE, At about 8.57 a.m., when we were 
commencing to zigzag, a torpedo wake was 
sighted about 600 yards to the port beam, by 
persons on the port side of the ship, several o\ 
whom called to the bridge. The order "Hard 
right rudder" was given. Before the ship could 
respond to the motion o\ the steersman, an ex- 
plosion took plaee. which shook and raised the 
ship out oi the water. Before the concussion 



36 I '. .V. X. c; R /• ■ / T X O R T II E R X 

oi the explosion was over, another took place. 
seemingly in the same pan oi the ship. 

General Alarm sounded throughout the ship 
and all hastened to their Abandon Ship stations 
Before most oi them could get there, however, 
still a third explosion took place, well aft oi the 
first two and on the port side. It was after 
wards learned that the first two torpedoes had 
hit the ship just aft of the bridge, one about on 
the level oi the water and the other about IS 
feet below, both hitting in the coal bunkers, at 
which place men were engaged at the time in 
shifting coal from one bunker to another. The 
third explosion hit just aft oi the engine room. 

Immediately following these explosions, the 
ship took a heavy list to port. All guns began 
firing, for the purpose oi keeping the subma- 
rine below, although no periscope was sighted. 
The other three ships which accompanied us 
speeded away, soon disappearing over the hori- 
zon. 

Slowly the ship righted herself on an even 
keel, though gradually sinking, and it was 
thought for a time that she might he saved. 
Therefore, word was not passed to abandon the 
ship, but to stand by prepared. 

In the meantime, all safety valves had been 
opened; working parties had gone throughout 
the ship to estimate the damage; men wounded 
in the explosions had been brought to the sick 
bay atul given what treatment was possible; 



T R O OP TRANSPORT 37 

and the Army sick, of whom we had 120, were 
prepared for the open boats. At 9.10 the Cap 
tain, by a motion of his hand, signalled all to 

abandon ship. 

Hie ship was equipped with fourteen lifeboats, 
two of which were destroyed in the explosion, 
and two were smashed in lowering. The other 
ten were safely lowered and shoved off, taking 
with them all sick and all Army passengers. 
The next step was the throwing over of the life- 
rafts, which was hurriedly done, then the jump- 
ing into the water of the men who remained 
on board. This was all accomplished within 
five or six minutes at the most. All the time 
the forward guns kept up an incessant firing, 
the after guns by this time being under water. 

At 9.15 the ship gave a sudden lurch and 
sank', stern first, just 18 minutes after she was 
first hit. 

The men who had jumped in the water 
climbed on rafts and the boats took on their full 
capacity. At about 10 o'clock, when eveiy one 
was feeling more or less comfortable and wait- 
ing for someone to come and pick us up, we 
sighted what was thought to be a sail on the 
horizon. We watched it, as it came closer, and 
finally made it out to be a submarine, h was 
hard to express the feeling that existed upon 
discovering this submarine. Every one had set- 
tled back, feeling that the worst was over, and 



38 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

tranquilly waiting to be rescued. To have this 
"sea-louse" come upon us, to add to our misery, 
was enough to "get anyone's goat." As the 
submarine came closer, we saw that she had on 
her bow a large gun, trained on us. There was 
also a smaller gun on her stern. These guns 
were variously estimated to be of 6 and 4-inch 
caliber, respectively. The submarine circled us 
several times, with the guns trained on us, 
and the gun crews were continuously chang- 
ing the loads, as if to tantalize and intimi- 
date us. The Submarine Commander called 
out, in plain English, for our Captain, but for- 
tunately the Captain and other officers had re- 
moved their blouses and substituted sailors' 
jumpers, the officers in the boats taking oars. 
The answer was given back that the Captain 
had been last seen on the ship. 

For two long, anxious hours the submarine 
remained with us, continuously searching for 
the Captain, perhaps with the object of sinking 
another ship which might come to our aid. 

At about 12 o'clock the submarine took aboard 
two of the sailors, leading them both below. 
These men later stated that they had been given 
coffee, and one of them said that he had seen 
on the submarine's bulkhead a list of five ships, 
namely : The LEVIATHAN, AGAMEMNON, 
MOUNT VERNON, PRESIDENT GRANT 
and PRESIDENT LINCOLN, all ex-German 



TROOP TRANSPORT 39 

passenger liners. As he was looking at this 
list, a German sailor scratched off the name of 
the PRESIDENT LINCOLN and said, "Now 
we have but four more to get/ 5 Needless to 
say, that list was never changed. 

After the return of these men, Lieut. Isaacs 
was taken aboard the submarine and retained 
as a prisoner. This being done, the submarine 
left ns, remaining on the surface, as she pro- 
ceeded on her way. At about 3.30 in the after- 
noon, she paid us another unsociable visit, re- 
peating her maneuvers of circling and loading 
and training guns on us until 5.30, when she 
left us for good. 

As dusk came, it was seen that the rafts and 
boats were by this time widely scattered, and it 
was evident that if something were not done by 
morning, they would be completely separated. 
Therefore, the Executive Officer of the ship took 
charge of the ten lifeboats, tied all rafts to- 
gether, and they in turn were tied to the life- 
boats. This task was not completed until about 
o'clock. The leading boat lit a kerosene lamp, 
and all stood by and patiently waited. 

At 11 o'clock rockets were sighted in the dis- 
tance, and then a message was Hashed from the 
destroyer — for such it proved to be — to extin- 
guish all our lights. Coming closer, we saw 
it to be a destroyer, the U.S.S. WARRING- 
TON. After about fourteen long hours, which 



40 I ". S. 5". GREAT X O R T II E R N 

seemed weeks, of tumbling and floating' around 
in the vast ocean, the sight oi this destroyer 
was enough to make us want to rise up from 
our cramped-up positions and give one long, tre- 
mendous, heart-rending, gladsome cheer, but 
such a demonstration would have interfered 
with the signalling and conversation with the 
destroyer. It signalled us that it would take 
aboard our sick, and within the next hour 550 
of the more than 700 survivors were transferred 
to the WARRINGTON. Those who remained 
waited patiently until 3 o'clock in the morning, 
when the second destroyer, the U.S.S. SMITH, 
arrived and took us all aboard. Both destroy- 
ers waited until morning to see if any occu- 
pants oi rafts or boats had been overlooked, and 
finding none, at daybreak proceeded to Brest, 
arriving there shortly after noon on June 2nd. 
Here the entire crew and officers were placed 
on board the U.S.S. GREAT NORTHERN and 
returned to the States, there to be refitted and 
returned again to sea. 

Four officers and twenty-three men were lost 
when the PRESIDENT LINCOLN was torpe- 
doed and sunk. 




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\ Destroyer Coming 3 ie Greyhound of the Sei 



Fourth Voyage — Westbound 

3rd and tth June, 1918. At anchor, Brest, 
France. Liberty granted to crew. Survivors of 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S crew on board, and 
fitted out with clothing necessary for their 
health and comfort. 

5th June, 1918. NORTHERN PACJFIC and 
GREAT NORTHERN put to sea on return 
voyage. 

6th June, 1918. At sea in war zone, NORTH- 
ERN PACIFIC ran down a whale, which fouled 
across her bow. She had to slow down to 
clear it. 

7th June, 1 ( >1S. Ran out of war zone. 
NORTHERN PACIFIC left formation and 
proceeded independently. Although this shin 
hoped to beat her in to port, she was handi- 
capped by not having sufficient oil to run at full 
speed. So the race was unequal, the advantage 
being with the NORTHERN PACIFIC, which 
ship had sufficient oil to make her best speed. 

It might be well to state here that this ship 
made the remarkable engineering feat of com- 
pleting' a round trip without taking additional fuel 
or water on board in France and maintaining an 

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42 r. S. :>. GREAT NORTHERN 

average speed oi nineteen knots per hour through- 
out the voyage. 

8th June, 1918. Weather changed from 
smooth to choppy; had to slow down. NORTH- 
ERN PACIFIC nowhere in sight. 

( HJi and 10th June, 1918. At sea, making 
good headway. 

11th June. 1918. Very smooth sea, making 
good speed. 

12th June. 1918. 7.30 a.m. passed Ambrose 
Lightship. Tied up to Hoboken Docks at 10 30 
a.m.. the NORTHERN PACIFIC having ar- 
rived early that morning. 

13th June, 1918. Survivors of the U.S.S. 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN crew disembarked. 
1 ahertv Party sent ashore. 

14th, 15th, loth, 17th, 18th June. 1918. 
Docked at Hoboken, New Jersey, 72 hours lib- 
erty granted. Loading stores and troops. 





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Our first real scare on Sunday, June 2o. 1918. The object in 

the circle was first sighted at 15,000 yards and reported as a 
periscope. Its appearance at that distance indicated that it was 
a sub. We commenced firing immediately, heading for it at full 
speed. 




The picture here shows us. with two destroyers of our escort, 
heading for the sub. Our forward guns hit the object several 
times, but did not sink it. As we neared the object, it proved 
to be a drifting gas buoy. This happened in the sub. zone, 
three days out of Brest, eastbound, with troops on board. 



Fifth Voyage 



19th June, 1918. Left New York, accompa- 
nied by NORTHERN PACIFIC and destroyer 
escort. 

20th June, 1918. At sea, with NORTHERN 
PACIFIC. 

21st June, 1918. Held target practice with 
NORTHERN PACIFIC 

22nd June, 1918. At sea. 

23rd June, 1918. Held Divine Services on 
board. Steaming- in line with the NORTHERN 
PACIFIC. At 1.27 p.m. submarine reported 
bearing dead ahead on the horizon; sounded 
general alarm. Crew took battle stations; 
troops went to their emergency stations. Made 
all speed ahead. Forward battery commenced 
firing, firing about 13 rounds. Made out object 
reported to be a submarine to be a gas buoy. 
NORTHERN PACIFIC commenced firing 
shortly after this ship opened fire. As ship 
passed by the buoy, one-pounders were fired. 
NORTHERN PACIFIC continued to fire at 
the buoy after it had passed this ship's stern. 
Everyone, except perhaps those who were on the 

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44 T. S. .v GREAT NORTHERN 

bridge, thought that at last the ship had en- 
countered a submarine and interest was keen, 
to say the least. Again there was that feeling 
of disappointment for some and relief for others. 
as it was pronounced a harmless buoy. 

24th June, 1918, In war .-one. semi-monthly 
pay day, and no place to go. 

25th June, 1918, In war zone with NORTH- 
ERN PACIFIC; met destroyer convoy, 

N Arrived at Brest, France; 
commenced discharging troops and cargo, 

1918, Left Brest, 1- ranee, with 
NORTHERN PACIFIC and destroyer escort, 

28th 1911 At sea. in war rone. A: 

7.43 a.m. sighted steamer ig gging across our 
how about 3000 yards away the steamer failed 
to make colors; 8:35 Destroyer WINSLOW 
hauled about and headed for steamer; 8.40 ship 
turned about and went full speed ahead toward 
steamer. General alarm sounded; 8,47 tired 
two round- over steamer's how. as a signal for 
her to haul about. After second shot, steamer 
answered signal satisfactorily. Escort left in 
afternoon. 

' 18, At sea, NORTHERN PA 
CIFIC proceeded independently, taking her usual 
course southwestward. Here was an opportu- 
nity for a race on equal terms between the two 
fastest troop transports of the U, S, Navy. 
Everyone was interested, and, a feeling ox con 



TROOP T R A NSPORT 45 

fidence that the GREAT NORTHERN would 
beat her sister ship was felt by the majority. 

30th June, 1918. At sea, making 22 knots 
and feeling sure we had the NORTHERN PA- 
CIFIC "on the hump/ 5 although she was no- 
where in sight. 

1st July, 1918. Still steaming at 22 knots. 
Keen interest in the race between the two ships 
was felt by every one. 

2nd July. 1918. At sea, still hitting her up 
at 22 knots. 

3rd July, 1918. Arrived at Ambrose lightship 
at 9.45 p.m. about six hours ahead of the 
NORTHERN PACIFIC, having made a rec- 
ord round trip, including the discharging of 
troops and cargo in France in 14 days and four 
and one-half hours, for which performance the 
following letters in connection therewith were 
received : 

"FLAGSHIP 0/ ; CRUISER AND TRANSPORT 

FORCE UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET 
In reply refer to No. P-16-6. 
Mail and telegraph address Steneck Bldg., Hoboken, N. J. 

Telephone, Hoboken 3O)0 

8th July, 1918 

From: Commander Cruiser and Transport Force. 

To: Commanding Officer, U. S. S. GREAT NORTH- 
ERN. 
Subject: Performance of vessel. 



4o r. .V y. uKEAT XORTHERX 

_ 1. The performance of the GREAT NORTHERN 

since joining the Transport Force, particularly her most 
recent voyage, completed in fourteen days, four and one- 
half hours, at the end of which she arrived in readiness 
for immediate service, is a source of gratification to the 
Force Commander. It indicates a commendable spirit of 
complete co-operation on board the vessel, which is the 
basis of success. 

2. The Engineer's Department merits special com- 
mendation. 

ALBERT GLEAVES 
Copies to : 

Chief of Naval Operations. 

Commander in Chief (U.S. Atlantic Fleet) 

Copies oi the above lot tor were furnished to 
each officer and man iti the Engineering Depart- 
ment who made this fast voyage. Also the above 
men were furnished a letter from the Command- 
ing Officer reading as follows: 

"U.S.S. GREAT NORTHERN 
4 July. 1918 
From : Commanding Officer. 

To: Officers and men ot the Engineering Department. 
U.S.S. GREAT NORTHERN. 

1. hast night, at 9.45 P. M.. the ship completed a 
record round voyage from Ambrose lightship to Brest to 
Ambrose lightship in 14 days. 4 l j hours. All boilers are 
found to be in excellent steaming condition ; no tubes 
leaking, all auxiliaries running 100$ efficiency, the main 
engines and main bearings in 100$ perfect condition. 
and this after the ship has been running the last four 
days with the engine telegraphs at 'full' and the main 



TROOP TRANSPORT 47 

turbines making every revolution that could be got out 
of them ; namely, from 330 to 335 revolutions per minute ; 
and furthermore, the Engineering Department is t His 
morning ready, after changing waters in the boilers, to 
start out again for the sixth voyage to the Coast of 
France. 

2. The Commanding Officer feels that it is hut a small 
recognition for faithful performance o\ duty to express 
his appreciation ^\ this splendid performance, and takes 
pleasure in furnishing a copy o\ this letter to each officer 
and man of the Engineering Department of the U.S.S. 
GREAT NORTHERN, all o\ whom have contributed to 
this result by skillful attention to duty and loyalty to 
seniors and to each other. 

3. This copy for W. W. PHELPS, Captain, U. S. 
Navy, Commanding, with best wishes. 

"Copy for all bulletin boards." 

The following telegram was also received: 

"Department is gratified with the recent rapid round 
trip oi the GREAT NORTHERN. 

Comcrufor. G.N. 13031." 

7 July, 1918. Proceeded from anchorage at 
Tompkinsville to Hoboken Docks. Shoved off 

liberty party. 

5 July, 1918. Transferred forty men to the 
Receiving Shi]) for further transfer to vessels 
fitting ottt. Manx- a ^no ( \ shipmate left the ship 
in this draft. 

o. 7, cV. 9 y 10, 11, 12, 13 July, 1918. 3 days 
leave granted. Various minor repairs on ship 
completed. 

14 July, 1918. Completed taking on of stores 
and commenced taking- on troops. 

6 



48 r. 5". >-. GREAT X ORTH ERX 

ENGINEERING DATA 

Eastbouni Voi VGE No 5 Brest) 

ces — 

(a) Left dock, Hoboken, G.M.T June 19, 6 :48 p m 

(b) Arrived anchorage, Brest, G.M.T June 26, 5 :20 p.m. 

(c) Si w saving dock to arrival anch rage (166.53 hrs.) 

6 days 2 ■ - . 32 min. 

(d) Distance 211 ~ 

s x - res — 

(a) Left Ambrose, G M T rune 19, 9:13 

UO Arrived Pierres Noires G.M.T June 26, 4:10 pm 

(c) Running time (162.88 - 

(d) Total distai - 3188.7 miles 

(e) Vveragt - - 1° 45 miles 

(f) Total distance 3110.2 miles 

(g) \\ 1 1 age hourlj aj) 19 0! 

(h) Average R.P M 312 31 R P M 

• ' — 

(a) Fuel bunkered. Hoboken 1S.S50 barrels 

U^ r irture Hoboken 21,140 

(c) Total fuel, Hoboken to Brest 10,410 " 

( d ) Fu< per 24 hours 1.500 24 

(e) Fuel average per hour 62.51 

(f) Fuel on arrival Brest 10,730 

10730 

(g) Percentage titj = 50.49% 

21250 

Data — 

(a) Total fuel, Ambros< rres N res 10,271 barrels 

(b) Werag* for 24 hours 1,5132 " 

(c) Ave:.- n< 63.05 

(d) Average R.P.M 312.31 R.P.M. 

(e) Average mean draft foi passag -'5 

10271 

(f) Barrels per kno listanc< 5t< tmed =324 barrels 

3168 
vc> Kadms at 312.31 R.P.M (21,000 barrels) 

21000 
= k481 as knots 

3 24 



TROOP TRANSPORT 49 

1 10 Barrels per knot of distance made "' . ,,-,-, , , 

v , l = 3J02 barrels 

8° od 3110.2 

5. Watei da 

I a) Departure 867.86 tons 

(h) Total feed, Hoboken to Brest 149.03 tons 

(c) Average feed per 24 hours 18.626 tons 

^n Tubes leaking None 

(e) Total evaporated None 

(f) Hours evaporators were run None 

(g) Total domestic use, dock to anchorage 195,79 tons 

(h) Average domestic use per 24 hours 24.47 tons 

(i) Personnel 3,385 

(j) Average gallons per head per day 1.97 gallons 

vk> Water on arrival Brest 515.64 tons 

515.64 

(,0 Percentage o\ capacit) on arrival = 59.4196 

867.86 

\\ E \ THFR and SE \ . Fine — partly cloudy— smooth. 
Westbound Voyage No. 5 (to Xi \\ York) 

ces — 

(a) Left anchorage, Brest G.M.T June 27, 7:17 p.m. 

(b) Arrived anchorage, Gravesend Hay July 4, 10:34 

(c) Since leaving anchorage to arrival anchorage (151.88 hrs.) 

6 days. 7 hrs.. .88 min. 

(d) Distance 3181.7 miles 

, ■■ es Voii es to Ambrose — 

(a) Left Pierres Noires, G.M.T June 27, 8:36 p.m 

(b) Arrived Ambrose, G.M.T July 3, 13:45 

(c) Running ^ 149.15) 6 days. 5 hrs.. l ^> min. 

(d) Total distance steamed 3,147.7 miles 

Werage steaming speed 21.1 miles per hr, 

t, f) Total distance made good 3,078 2 miles 

vc"* Werage hourly advance (including zig) ... .20.64 miles hr. 
00 Average R.P.M ' 325.28 R P M 

. ; :.' — 

( a) Fuel hunkered. Brest 2,500 barrels 

(b) Total fuel on departure Brest 31.140 

(c) Total fuel. Brest to Hoboken 10,773 

(d) Fuel per 24 hrs. (151.88 hrs.) 1,702.32 " 

(e) Fuel per hour 70.93 " 



50 U. S. S. G R EAT NORTHER X 

( f ) Fuel on arrival Hobokcn 2,367 barrels 

2367 

(g) Percentage of capacity on arrival = 8.97% 

21250 

4. Fuel data — 

(a) Total fuel Pierres Noires to Ambrose 10,581 barrels 

(b) Average for 24 hours 1,702.56" 

(c) Average for one hour 70.94 " 

(d) Average R.P.M 325.28 R.P.M. 

(e) Average mean draft for passage 22' 1" 

10581 

(f) Bbls. per knot of distance steamed = 3.336 barrels 

3147.7 
21000 

(g) Radius at 325.28 R.P.M. (21,000 bbls.) = 6,250 knots 

3.36 
10581 

(h) Bbls. per knot of distance made good = 3.43 barrels 

3078.2 

5. Water data — 

(z) Water taken in Brest None 

(x) Water distilled lying in Brest None 

(a) Departure 472.63 tons 

(b) Total feed, Brest to Hoboken 137.75 tons 

(c) Average feed per 24 hours 21.16 tons 

(d) Tubes leaking None 

(e) Total evaporated, Brest to Hoboken 26.96 tons 

( f) Hours evaporators were run 19 hours 

(g) Percentage of time evaporators were run 12.5% 

(h) Average evaporated per 24 hrs. of evaporation. .33.84 tons 

(i) Average evaporated per 24 hours of passage.... 5.34 tons 
(j) Total domestic use, anchorage to anchorage. . .168.77 tons 

(k) Average domestic use per 24 hrs 24.11 tons 

(1) Personnel 710 

(m) Average gallons per head per day 9.25 gals. 

(n) Water on arrival Hoboken 179.19 tons 

179.19 

(o) Percentage of capacity on arrival = 20.67% 

867 
WEATHER and SEA: Fine weather. 

B. F. TILLEY. Lt.-Comdr. U. S. Navy, 

Senior Engineer Officer. 






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View of Boat Deck, Loaded with Troops Bound for France 




A Friendly Boxing Bout Between a Soldier and Sailor 



Sixth Voyage 



15 July, 1918. Got underway for sixth voy- 
age. Joined by NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

16 July. 1918. At sea, with NORTHERN 
PACIFIC. 

17 July, 1918. At sea. 

18 July. 1918. Held target practice with 
NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

19th July, 1918. At sea with NORTHERN 
PACIFIC. 

20, 21 July, 1918. Entered War Zone. 
Formed smoke screen to enable destroyer escort 
to pick us up; joined by escort. 

22 July, 1918. Arrived at Brest, France. 
Discharged troops and cargo. 

23 July, 1918. At Brest, France. Took 
aboard nucleus crews for Destroyers building 
in the United States. 

24 July, 1918. Left Brest, France, in com- 
pany with the NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

25 July, 1918. At sea in War Zone, parted 
company with NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

26 July, 1918. At sea; NORTHERN PA- 
CIFIC reported that she had sighted a subma- 
rine. 

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52 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

27, 28 July, 1918. At sea. 

29 July, 1918. At 9:37 a.m. sighted barque, 
South West by South on the horizon. At 9:47 
headed for barque at full speed all guns manned. 
Sounded General Quarters. Signalled for 
barque to heave to. Barque hove to, while cir- 
cling around her at full speed, keeping her on 
our starboard bow, it was noticed she had two 
propellers. Spoke to her. Looked suspicious 
as her number in Lloyds Register did not agree 
with her name. And as German submarines were 
known to have ships of this sort accompanying 
them as supply ships. The Captain of the 
GREAT NORTHERN would not pass her by 
until assured that she was not an enemy supply 
ship. After having circled around her several 
times and speaking to her in Norwegian thru 
the megaphone as we passed close to her, the 
Captain was satisfied with her identity and at 
10:56 a.m. proceeded on course bound for New 
York. 

30 July, 1918. At sea, making average speed 
of about 20 knots. 

31 July, 1918. Arrived at New York. Docked 
at Hoboken. 

1. 2 August, 1918. Loaded troops and cargo, 
granted liberty, transferred nucleus crews. 




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Seventh Voyage 

3 August, 1918. Proceeded on Seventh voy- 
age with the U.S.S. LEVIATHAN and 
NORTHERN PACIFIC accompanied by De- 
stroyer and Dirigible and seaplane escort. 

4 August, 1918. At sea, with the U.S.S. 
LEVIATHAN (formerly the German Liner 
"VATERLAND") and the NORTHERN PA- 
CIFIC. 

5 August, 1918. Steaming as before with 
LEVIATHAN in middle. GREAT NORTH- 
ERN and NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

6, 7 August, 1918. At sea with ships stated 
before. 

8 August, 1918. NORTHERN PACIFIC 
hoisted man overboard signal. Retraced her 
wake; at 11:30 a.m. NORTHERN PACIFIC 
hauled down man overboard signal. 

9 August, 1918. In war zone, sighted suspi- 
cious sailboat, made all speed towards it, to in- 
vestigate; found to be a two-masted topsail 
schooner bound south. 

10 August, 1^18. At sea in War Zone with 

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54 U. S. S. GREAT XORTHERN 

LEVIATHAN and NORTHERN PACIFIC 
and large escort. 

11 August, 19 IS. Arrived at Brest, France. 
Liberty party sent ashore. 

12 . lugust, 1918. Continued unloading- troops 
and cargo: took on board Army wounded. 

13 August, 1918. Tut to sea with LEVIA- 
THAN and XORTHFRX PACIFIC and de- 
stroyer escort. 

14, 15 August j 1918. In war zone, no excite- 
ment ; on 15th left LEVIATHAN and XORTH- 
FRX PACIFIC and proceeded independently. 
Great interest was again shown in the ensuing 
race; however, this ship was unable to make full 
speed all the way across on account of insuffi- 
cient oil. 

16 August, 1918. At sea, making fine speed. 

17 August, 1918. At 5:22 a.m. suspicious 
wake reported on starboard side; went back to 
investigate; found it to be nothing suspicious. 
7:20 a.m. Man overboard, let go life buoy, en- 
gines stopped, sounded General Quarters. Low- 
ered lifeboat. Thomas McAndrews, private, was 
found to be the man that went overboard. Life- 
boat could not locate him. Picked up life buoy 
and lifeboat being secured proceeded on course. 

18 August, 1918. Field Divine Service. 

19 August, 1918. Pay day; making 21 knots, 
still retain hopes of beating the LEVIATHAN 
and NORTHERN PACIFIC. 



TROOP TRANSPORT 55 

20 .lit gust, 1918. Arrived in New York, dock- 
ing about two hours after the LEVIATHAN 
and NORTHERN PACIFIC 

21 to 30 August, 1918. Docked at Hoboken. 
Seventy-two hours leave granted. 



Eighth Voyage 

31 August, 1918. Proceeded out of New York 
in company with the LEVIATHAN and 
NORTHERN PACIFIC and escorts. 

1 September, 1918. At sea, accompanied as 
before. 

2 September, 1918. Another day of excite- 
ment: 10:30 a.m. sighted floating* spar on star- 
board bow, first reported as a periscope; fired 
one round from 6-inch gun. General quarters 
sounded. At 10:33 a.m. sounded retreat from 
general quarters. 

3, 4, 5 September, 1918. Nothing new except 
pay day on the 5 th. 

6 September. 1918. At sea in War Zone. 

7 September, 1918. Arrived at Brest, France, 
at 7:35 p.m. 

8, 9, 10, 11 September, 1918. Brest, France. 
At anchor. Discharged troops and cargo. 

12 September, 1918. Put to sea in company 
with LEVIATHAN and NORTHERN PACIF- 
IC and escort. Flad on board Army wounded 
and two stowaway wives, the Airs. Elsie Carner 
and Mrs. Mildred Jones, who stowed away on 
the U.S.S. WESTBRIDGE when she was bound 

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TROOP TRANSPORT 57 

from the United States to France. The WEST- 
BRIDGE was torpedoed and the identity of the 
two women was discovered when they aban- 
doned ship and got into the lifeboats. They 
were landed in France and sent home on the 
GREAT NORTHERN. 

13 September, 1918. In the War Zone, Fri- 
day and the 13th and the two Jonahs mentioned 
above on board. 

14 September, 1918. At 7:00 p.m. parted com- 
pany with the LEVIATHAN and NORTH- 
ERN PACIFIC and proceeded independently. 
Great interest was felt in the coming race be- 
tween the three fast ships. 

15 September, 1918. Ran into a gale, had to 
slow down looked like the LEVIATHAN would 
beat us as she could maintain her speed in most 
any weather. 

16 September, 1918. Run out of gale and 
making 21 knots for the day. 

17 September, 1918. Still making 21 knots 
per hour. 

18 September, 1918. Making 22 knots all day. 

19 September, 1918. 4:00 a.m. arrived at 
Ambrose Light Ship, fully three hours ahead of 
the LEVIATHAN and about nine hours in the 
lead of the NORTHERN PACIFIC. Docked 
at Hoboken, transferred wounded and passen- 
gers. Crew received semi-monthly pay. Liberty 
party shoved off. 



58 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

20 September, 1918. Held quarters for mus- 
ter and inspection. Crew and ship inspected by 
Captain W. W. Phelps and S. H. R. Doyle. 
This inspection was preparatory to Captain 
S. H. R. Doyle taking over command of the 
ship. Upon completion of the inspection, all 
hands were mustered on the starboard side of 
A deck. Captain W. W. Phelps published his 
orders which detached him from command of the 
GREAT NORTHERN and ordered him to the 
U.S.S. LEVIATHAN as commanding officer. 
He then spoke to the officers and men, eulogiz- 
ing the past performances of the ship and thank- 
ing all for their co-operation and hard work 
which made this performance possible. He spoke 
with regret at being detached from such a fine 
ship, and spoke highly of the admiration he had 
for the hard application and efficiency the offi- 
cers and men under his command had main- 
tained. All hands truly regretted the loss of 
this able Captain, who had always been recog- 
nized as a very efficient Captain with great or- 
ganizing ability. He had also endeared himself 
to the crew by his constant interest and encour- 
agement in the social happiness and welfare of 
his men. All felt great satisfaction, however, 
in his being ordered to command the LEVIA- 
THAN, which showed his ability had been rec- 
ognized and he was to have the enviable com- 
mand of the largest troop transport afloat. 




Captain S. H. R. Doyle, U. S. Navy, Commanding the U. S. S. 
Great Northern Since September 20, 1918 



TROOP TRANSPORT 59 

Captain S. II. R. Doyle, U. S. Navy, then pub- 
lished his orders and took over the command of 
the ship. lie made a very short and remarkably 
impressive address, in which he stated that he 
had long heard of the GREAT NORTHERN 
and her record, and was glad to be the captain 
of such a ship, that, tho he was starting with a 
99 per cent, efficient ship, he hoped to make it 
a 100 per cent, ship, and enjoined all to work 
to that end. 

21, 22, 23 September, 1918. In port. Load- 
ing- carg;o. 

24 September, 1918. .Ship was inspected by 
board of officers appointed by the Force Com- 
mander. The following general remarks were 
embodied in the report of this inspection : 

"This ship is kept up to the highest standard of ef- 
ficiency in regard to cleanliness, sanitation and discipline. 
This ship is a model transport in every respect. 

/s/ C. B. MORGAN, 
Captain U.S. Navy, Senior member of Board." 

Also the following letter was received from the 
Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force in re- 
gard to this Inspection : 

FLAGSHIP OF CRUISER AXD TRANSPORT 
FORCE, UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET 

26 September, 1918. 
From : Commander Cruiser and Transport Force. 
To: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. GREAT NORTH- 
ERN. 



60 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

Subject: Inspection Report. 

Enclosure: Copy of report of Board of Inspection. 

1. There is enclosed herewith a copy of report of 
Board of Inspection that inspected your vessel on 24 
September, 1918. 

2. Report indicates that your vessel is in a very high 
state of cleanliness, sanitation, and discipline, and it is 
assigned a mark of 3.9 for "Smartness." 

3. It is noted that the answers to questions 45, 47, 
and 85 are not satisfactory, but that proper official steps 
have been taken to correct these deficiencies. 

ALBERT GLEAVES. 

The Commanding Officer's letter on this inspec- 
tion follows: 

U.S.S. GREAT NORTHERN 
25 October, 1918. 
From : Commanding Officer. 
To : Officers and men. 

Subject: Last Inspection by Commander Cruiser and 
Transport Force, etc. 

1. The recent inspection of this ship was reported to 
be in a very high state of cleanliness, sanitation and dis- 
cipline, and was assigned a mark of 3.9 for "smartness." 

2. While 3.9 is a very good mark, on a scale of 4, 
according to GREAT NORTHERN principles we must 
strive to get a mark of "perfect" in the future. A con- 
tinuance of the hearty co-operation of all officers and 
men is enjoined to that end. 

3. Congratulations to every officer and man aboard 
ship for the good showing made ; but let's get together 
and do a little better next time. 

S. H. R. DOYLE. 

24 , 25 September, 1918. Completed loading 
troops and cargo. 




Lieutenant Commander Benjamin F. Tilley, 

U. S. Navy Executive Officer — Senior Engineer Officer 

When GREAT NORTHERN Made World's 

Record Round Trip to France 



Ninth Voyage 

26 September, 1918. Got underway, steamed 
out of New York on ninth voyage with the 
French Troop Ship LA FRANCE and the 
NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

27, 28, 29 September, 1918. Steaming as be- 
fore, nothing exciting. 

30 September, 1918. Just outside of war zone. 
It was reported that the TICONDEROGA was 
torpedoed. The GREAT NORTHERN was 
about 20 miles from the TICONDEROGA when 
she was sunk. As the ships in our convoy were 
all loaded down with troops it would have been 
courting disaster to have gone to the TICON- 
DEROGA'S rescue. Tt was later learned that 
250 men were lost in the sinking of that ship. 
1, 2 October, 1918. Entered War Zone. 
3 October, 1918. At about 2:40 a.m. this ship 
was rammed by the British ship RRINKBURN. 
The night was very dark and no lights were ex- 
posed on the ship while running in the war zone. 
All the troops, at the time of the collision, had 
turned in, and the crew, except those on watch, 
were asleep. All had their clothes and life pre- 
servers on as the ship was in the war zone. 

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62 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

Everyone was suddenly awakened by a heavy 
jar of the ship, followed by another quiver. 
The General Alarm gongs sounded throughout 
the ship. All hurried to their various stations. 
The first feeling that came to everyone that had 
been awakened by the crash was that the ship 
had been torpedoed, though it was soon learned, 
from the bridge, that she had been rammed. 
The awakened crew were at their battle stations 
in less than a minute, and the troops silently 
and hurriedly took their open deck stations. 
Everything was dark outside, a face could not 
be distinguished two feet away. Xo one knew 
how seriously the ship had been damaged and 
yet in less than three minutes from the time of 
the collision every Department, including the 
Troop Commander, had made their reports to 
the Executive Officer on the bridge that all their 
men were at their stations. The Executive Offi- 
cer's letter to the Commanding Officer gives the 
story of what happened immediately after the 
collision. 

U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

5 October, 1918. 
From : Executive Officer. 

To : Commanding Officer. 

Subject: Report of behavior of subordinates in collision 
with British Steamer RRINKBURN in the early 
morning of 4th October, 1918. 




The Damage Done to This Ship in Its Collision with the British 
Ship "Brinkburn/ j i»n Ninth Voyage 




The bow of the Brinkburn Broke Off in Our Side at the 
Collision 



TROOP TRANSPORT 63 

1. After receiving reports on the bridge that all hands 
were at their stations, I proceeded aft, under orders from 
the Captain, to locate, examine and report the extent of 
damage done to this ship after we had been rammed by 
the British Steamer BRINKBURN, at 2:40 A. M., 3rd 
October, 1918. On my way aft, I noted that the troops 
were in an orderly formation, at their muster stations. 
There was no sign of panic or confusion. The Army 
Officers were in complete charge of their troops and 
calmly issuing orders or instructions. 

2. On arrival aft, on B deck, I saw the general loca- 
tion of the collision, then proceeded to 15-C troop com- 
partment on starboard quarter of ship. This compart- 
ment had been filled with sixty-nine (69) non-commis- 
sioned officers on departure from New York. On my 
arrival at this location (Troop compartment 15-C), it 
was evident that considerable damage had been done to 
this ship. The side of the ship had been ripped open, 
and I could see the water beyond through a space of 
about fifteen feet. All lights were out, as the collision 
had cut the electric light wires. The bunks and troop 
equipment was in a mass of confusion, bunks being tele- 
scoped, with dead and injured Army men amongst the 
wreckage. 

3. I immediately took charge of the rescue work al- 
ready under way by the Navy personnel. By means of 
flash lights the injured men, totalling eleven, were all 
located as quickly as possible and quickly removed by the 
Navy personnel to the ship's sick bay. The bodies of 
dead men were then removed from this compartment. 
Several of the dead were badly mutilated. 

4. In carrying out this work on a dark deck covered 
with a mass of jumbled wreckage, where footing was 
uncertain, I feel that certain officers and men who were 
working there deserve commendation for their loyal and 
excellent service in their efficient performance of duty in 
an emergency. 

5. Those who co-operated to the greatest extent and 
8 



64 I 7 . S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

whom the Executive Officer personally observed and 
witnessed performing this excellent service were as fol- 
lows: 

Surgeon — A. E. Lee, U. S. Navy 

Asst. Surgeon — J. I. Callanan, U. S. Navy 

Lieutenant (J.G.)— W. A. Dougan, U. S. N. R. F. 

Machinist (T)— C. N. Van der Heuel, U. S. Navy 

Samuel Thomas, P. M. lc, U. S. N. R. F. 

Hugh H. Ward, P.M. 2c, U. S. N. 

Michael P. Brennan, Stk. 3c, U. S. N. R. F. 

All the hospital corps, in addition, deserve praise, and 
many engineers also assisted in the rescue work. 

6. In the meantime the repair parties had immediately 
entered 16-D compartment, which was below compart- 
ment 15-C. This compartment was taking water on star- 
board side. The repair party proceeded at once to shore 
up starboard side with efficient shoring and to stop all 
leaks with hammocks, bedding and life preservers. When 
I first entered this compartment, water was about a foot 
deep on deck, but in a short time this compartment was 
freed of water by quick work of a bucket line extending 
to the C deck passageway above. It was only a short 
interval before temporary repairs were completed and I 
was able to report to the Captain that everything was 
readv aft for going ahead twenty knots. Lieutenant 
(J.G.) W. R. McFarlane, U. S. Navy, and Chief Car- 
penter's Mate George S. Wert, Fleet Naval Reserve, de- 
serve commendation for excellent work and for making 
quick emergency repairs to the ship's side at water line. 

7. Trimming ship to a port list by the transfer of 
fuel oil and transfer fuel oil from the two after double 
bottoms (Nos. 9 and 10) to the forward No. 1 Tank to 
give more freeboard aft, was automatically done from 
aft, as soon as the extent of damage was located, report 
being made to the bridge later. We had also made prep- 
aration for dropping the water to fresh water tanks im- 
mediately below and thence to shaft alley bilges for 




Meeting a Convoy at Sea 




One of the six-inch Guns of the GREAT NORTHERN 



TROOP TRANSPORT 65 

pumping overboard in case it was found necessary. How- 
ever, it was found unnecessary to do this. 

8. The Executive Officer heartily commends the ef- 
ficient loyal work and quick response of the Medical De- 
partment, Construction and Repair Department, and En- 
gineer Department, and recommends the officers and 
men listed above for the special commendation of higher 
authority, subject to the approval of the Commanding 
Officer. 

B. F. TILLEY. 

The ship slowed down as soon as it was 
rammed and finally stopped to ascertain the 
amount of damage done. The LA FRANCE 
and the NORTHERN PACIFIC kept on their 
course. Signals were exchanged with the 
BRINKBURN, which ship had also stopped, and 
it was learned that one man had been killed 
and one man injured in the collision, on that 
ship. In reply to this ship's question as to 
whether she could make port under her own 
steam, she said she thought she could but re- 
quested that this ship remain around her until 
morning so that she could ascertain the extent 
of her damages, and for the purpose of aiding 
her if necessary. This was deemed unadvisable 
as we were in the war zone and as she had a 
wireless to use in case she needed assistance. 
The ship after about two hours delay proceeded 
at full speed on her wav to Brest. The LA 
FRANCE and the NORTHERN PACIFIC 
had turned back to meet this ship and joined 



66 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

by the destroyer escort the three ships proceeded 
to Brest, France. 

4 October, 1918. Board of inquiry met in re- 
gard to the disappearance and deaths of men 
in the collision. 

5 October, 1918. Arrived at Brest, France, 
discharged troops and cargo and commenced re- 
pairs to ship. 

6 October, 1918. Received large number of 
Army wounded on board for quartering. The 
"Never to be forgotten" Paris leave party left 
the ship for a twenty-four hour stay in Paris. 
About half the ship's officers and seventy en- 
listed men made this trip. 

7 October, 1918. At Brest, undergoing re- 
pairs. 

8 October, 1918. Paris leave party returned 
at midnight, loaded down with war souvenirs and 
many could hardly restrain their stories until 
the morning, of the wonderful time they had 
had, and the marked courtesy that the French 
rendered them in their short stay in the Metrop- 
olis. Great excitement was manifested in the 
lottery the next morning to see who were the 
lucky ones to draw a trip to Paris on the second 
party. 

9 October, 1918. The second Paris leave party 
was sent off, consisting of the officers that had 
not gone in the first party and about seventy 
lucky enlisted men. 




First Paris Leave Part 1 




Second Paris Leave Party in Paris 



TROOP TRANSPORT 67 

10 October, 1918. At Brest. 

11 October. 1918. Second Paris Leave Party 
returned to the ship. These two trips to Paris 
were perhaps the most broadening and interest- 
ing visits any of the crew had ever had. The 
daily conversation for months afterwards was 
about these trips and the cordial welcome the 
boys received from the French throughout their 
trip. No organization esteems the French more 
or would rather fight by their side, than the 
American Navy. And incidentally, France, by 
her great-heartedness, has become sacred to the 
boys from the GREAT NORTHERN and none 
of us will ever neglect to pay tribute to her of 
our esteem and appreciation of her human kind- 
ness and great courtesy. 

12, 13, 14, 15 October, 1918. In Brest, 
France, completed temporary repairs, took on 
wounded and Congressional party. 

16 October, 1918. Left Brest, France, with 
the following transports: DeKALB, GEORGE 
WASHINGTON, PATRIA, ORIZABA, SIB- 
ONEY and Eastern Escort. 

17 October, 1918. At sea with slow convoy 
as before. 

18 October, 1918. Left convoy and proceeded 
independentlv. 

19, 20, 21,22, 23 October, 1918. At sea. 
24 October, 1918. Arrived at New York. 
Docked at Hoboken on 25 October, 1918. 



Tenth Voyage 



25th, 26th. 27 th October, 1918. At Hoboken. 
Court of Inquiry met in regard to this ship be- 
ing- rammed by the British ship BRINKBURN. 

28th, 29th. 30th October, 1918. Loaded troops 
and cargo — took on Naval draft of 500 men 
for further transfer to Naval bases in France. 

31st October, 1918. Steamed out of New 
York in company with the U.S.S. GEORGE 
WASHINGTON (which was later chosen to 
take the President to the Peace Conference). 

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Novem- 
ber, 1918. Rough weather. No. 15 lifeboat 
carried away; rolling heavily; forward lifeboat 
smashed in. 

8th November, 1918. Steaming as before with 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

9th November, 1918. Arrived in Brest, 
France. 

9th and 10th November, 1918. Transferred 
the 500 Naval men to shore bases. Learned 
that a premature celebration of the signing of 
the Armistice had taken place in Brest on the 
7th of November, 1918. Mr. Roy W. Howard, 
President of the United Press Association (who 

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had cabled the rumor of the signing of the 
Armistice to the United States and which caused 
a similar premature celebration in the States) 
came aboard for passage. Also received on 
board a Nucleus Crew, No. 93, for the U.S.S. 
BELKNAP. We took back, in addition, a 
French Opera troupe, and several hundred 
French sailors. Sailed out of Brest accompa- 
nied only by two destroyers. 

11th November, 1918. On this historical day 
this ship was in the war zone, homeward bound. 
At 1.45 p.m. the Captain released the following 
radiogram : 

"U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

11 November, 1918. 
GIBRALTAR. 

Direct. 

Broadcast. All Allied Men of War. 

Armistice has been signed with enemy and all hostili- 
ties should be forthwith suspended. All precautions 
against attack from submarines are still to be maintained 
by men-of-war whilst in harbour and at sea. Enemy 
submarines on the surface should be treated as peaceful 
unless hostile action is obvious." 

No one will ever forget the intense interest 
and excitement this news caused. At night an 
entertainment was given, and with the aid of 
the French Opera troupe on board, a very en- 
joyable evening was spent. After the entertain- 
ment the Captain gave an address to commemo 



70 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

rate the occasion, and dwelt particularly on the 
urgent necessity of maintaining a large Navy 
to protect and insure our country from foreign 
aggression. He especially requested the officers 
and men who, after this war, were returning to 
civil life, to always remember the necessity for 
a great Navy and to let no opportunity slip by 
in which they could impress others with these 
same views, for he felt that people in the in- 
terior were apt to forget or not realize this par- 
ticular need of the country. 

12th November, 1918. Armistice terms re- 
ceived by radio and posted on all bulletins. They 
are reproduced below: 

U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 
At Sea, November 12, 1918. 
NEW BRUNSWICK PRESS. 

A rmistice Terms 

Section One 

Military Clauses, Western Front. 

One. — Cessation of operations by land and in six 
hours after the signature of the Armistice. 

Two — Immediate evacution of invaded countries : 
Belgium, France, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg; so or- 
dered as to be completed within fourteen days from the 
signature of the Armstice. German troops which have 
not left the above-mentioned territories within the period 
fixed will become prisoners of war. Occupation by the 




Inside the Breakwater, Brest, France 




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allied and United States forces jointly will keep pace 
with the evacuation in these areas. All movements of 
evacuation and occupation will be regulated in accord- 
ance with a note annexed to the stated terms. 

Three. — Repatriation beginning at once and to be com- 
pleted within fourteen days of all inhabitants of the 
countries above mentioned including hostages and per- 
sons under trial or convicted. 

Four.- — Surrender in good condition by the German 
Armies of the following equipment : five thousand guns 
(two thousand heavy, two thousand five hundred field), 
thirty thousand aeroplanes (fighters, bombers, firstly 
seventy-three and night bombing machines). Above to 
be delivered in to the allied and the United States 
troops, in accordance with the detailed conditions laid 
down in the annexed note. 

Five. — Evacuation by the German Armies of the 
countries on the left bank of the Rhine. These coun- 
tries on the left bank of the Rhine shall be admin- 
istered by the local authorities under the control of 
the allied and the United States armies of occupation. 
The occupation of the territories will be determined 
by allied and United States garrisons holding the prin- 
cipal crossings of the Rhine, Mayence and Coblenz and 
Cologne, together with the bridgeheads at these points 
in thirty kilometers radius on the right bank, and by 
garrisons similarly holding the strategic points of the 
regions. The neutral zone shall be reserved on the 
right bank of the Rhine between the stream and a line 
drawn parallel to it forty kilometers to the east from 
the frontier of Holland to the parallel of Gernsheim 
and as far as practicable a distance of thirty kilometers 
of stream from this parallel up on Swiss frontier. 
Evacuation by the enemy of the Rhineland shall be 
ordered so as to be completed within a further period 
of eleven days, in all nineteen days after the signature 
of armistice. All movements of evacuation and occu- 
pation will be regulated according to note and annex. 

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Six. — In all territory evacuated by the enemy, there 
shall be no evacuation of inhabitants. No damage or 
harm shall be done to the persons or property of the 
inhabitants. No damage or destruction of any kind to 
be committed. Military establishments of all kinds shall 
be delivered intact as well as military stores, food, 
munitions, not removed during period of evacuation. 
Stores of food and all kinds of civilian population and 
cattle shall be left. Industrial establishments shall not 
be impaired in any way and their personnel shall not 
be moved. Roads and means of communication of every 
kind, railroads, waterways, main roads, bridges, tele- 
graphs and telephones shall in no manner be impaired. 

Seven.— All civilian and military personnel at present 
employed on them shall remain. Five thousand loco- 
motives and fifty thousand cars, and ten thousand 
wagons, and ten thousand motor lorries in good work- 
ing order with all necessary spare parts and fittings, 
shall be delivered to the associated powers within the 
period fixed for the evacuation of Belgium and Luxem- 
burg. The railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed 
over within the same period together with all pre-war 
material and personnel. Further material necessary 
for the working of railways in the country on the left 
bank of the Rhine shall be left /';/ situ. All stores of 
coal and material for the upkeep of permanent ways, 
signals and repair shops left entire in situ and kept 
in an efficient state by Germany during the whole 
period of the armistice. 

Eight. — The German command shall be responsible 
for revealing all mines on territory evacuated by the 
German trcops and shall assist in their discovery and 
destruction. The German command shall also reveal 
all destructive measures that may have been taken 
(such as poisoning or polluting all springs, wells, etc.) 
under penalty of reprisals. 

Nine. — The right of requisition shall be exercised by 
the allied and the United States armies in all occupied 



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territory. The upkeep of the troops of occupation in 
the Rhineland (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) shall be 
charged to the German Government. 

Ten.- — An immediate repatriation without reciprocity, 
according to detailed conditions which shall be fixed, 
of all allied and United States prisoners of war. 
The allied powers and the United States shall be able 
of these prisoners as they wish. 

Eleven. — Sick and wounded who cannot be removed 
from evacuated territory will be cared for by American 
personnel, who will be left on the spot with the material 
required. 

Section Two 

Disposition Relative to Eastern Frontiers of 
Germany. 

Twelve. — All German troops at present in any terri- 
tory, which before the war belonged to Russia, Rou- 
mania or Turkey, shall withdraw within the frontiers 
of Germany as they existed on August first, nineteen 
fourteen. 

Thirteen. — Evacuation by German troops to begin at 
once and all German instructors, prisoners and civilians 
as well as military agents now in the territory of Russia 
as defined before 1914 to be recalled. 

Fourteen. — German troops to cease at once all requisi- 
tions and seizures and any other undertaking with a 
view to obtaining supplies intended for Germany, in 
Roumania and Russia as defined on August first, 1914. 

Fifteen. — Abandonment of the treaties of Bucharest 
and Brest-Litovsk and of the supplementary treaties. 

Sixteen. — The allies shall have free access to the 
territories evacuated by the Germans on their eastern 
frontier either through Danaig or by the Vistula in order 
to convey supplies to the population of these territories 
or for any other purpose. 



74 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

Seventeen. — Unconditional capitulation of all German 
forces operating in East Africa within one montn. 

Section Three 

General Clauses. 

Eighteen. — Repatriation without reciprocity within a 
maximum period of one month in accordance with 
detailed conditions hereafter to be fixed of all civilians 
interned or deported who may be citizens of other allied 
or associated states than those mentioned in clause three, 
paragraph nineteen, with the reservation that any future 
claims and demands of the allies and the United States 
of America remain unaffected. 

Nineteen. — The following financial conditions are re- 
quired: Reparation for damage done. While the armis- 
tice lasts, no public securities shall be removed by the 
enemy which can serve as a pledge to the allies for the 
recovery or repatriation of war losses. Immediate resti- 
tution of the cash deposit in the National Bank of 
Belgium, and in general immediate return of all docu- 
ments, specie, stocks, shares, paper money, together 
with plant for the issue thereof touching public or 
private interests in the invaded countries. Restitution 
of the Russian and Roumanian gold yielded to Germany 
or taken over by that power. This gold to be delivered 
in trust to the allies until the signature of peace. 

Section Four 

Naval Conditions. 

Twenty. — Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea 
and definite information to be given as to the location 
and movements of all German ships. Notification to 
be given to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all 
territorial waters to be given to the naval and mercan- 
tile marines of the allied and associated powers all 
questions of neutrality being waived. 



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Section Five 

Time Limit for Reply. 

Twenty-one. — All naval and mercantile marine prison- 
ers of war of the allied and associated powers in Ger- 
man hands to be returned without reciprocity. 

Tzventy-tzvo. — Surrender to the allies and the United 
States of America of one hundred and sixty German 
submarines, including all submarine cruisers and mine 
laying submarines, with their complete armament and 
equipment, in ports which will be specified by the allies 
and the United States of America. All other subma- 
rines to be paid ofr and completely disarmed and placed 
under the supervision of the allies and the United 
States of America. 

Twenty-three. — The following German surface war- 
ships which shall be designated by the allied and the 
United States of America shall be forthwith disarmed 
and thereafter interned in neutral ports, or for the want 
of them, in allied ports, to be designated by the allied 
and the United States of America, caretaker being left 
on board, namely : six battle cruisers, ten battleships, 
eight light cruisers, including two mine layers, fifty de- 
stroyers of the most modern type. All other surface 
warships, including river craft, are to be concentrated 
in German naval bases to be designated by the allies 
and the United States of America, and are to be paid 
orT and completely disarmed and placed under the 
supervision of the allies and the United States of 
America. All vessels of the auxiliary type fleet, trawl- 
ers, motor vessels, etc., are to he disarmed. 

Twenty-four. — The allies and United States of Amer- 
ica shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and 
obstructions laid by Germany outside German terri- 
torial waters and the positions of these are to be indi- 
cated. 



76 V. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



Twenty-five. — Freedom of access to and from the 
Baltic to be given to the naval and mercantile marine 
of the allied and associated powers. To secure this, 
the allies and the United States of America shall be 
empowered to sweep up all mines and obstructions 
within and without German territorial waters, to occupy 
all German forts, fortifications, batteries and defense 
works, without any question of neutrality being raised 
and the positions of all mines and obstructions are to 
be indicated. 

Twenty-six. — The existing blockade conditions set up 
by the allies and associated powers are to remain 
unchanged and all German merchant ships found at 
sea are to remain liable to capture. 

Twenty-seven. — All naval aircraft are to be concen- 
trated and immobilized in German bases to be specified 
by the allies and the United States of America. 

Twenty-eight.- In evacuating the Belgian coast and 
ports, Germany shall abandon all merchant vessels, tugs, 
lighters, cranes and all other materials, all materials for 
inland navigation, all aircraft and all material and 
stores, all arms and armament, and all stores and ap- 
paratus of all kinds. 

Twenty-nine. — All Black Sea ports are to be evacuated 
by Germany; all Russian war vessels of all descriptions 
seized by Germany in the Black Sea are to be handed 
over to the allies and United States of America. All 
neutral merchant vessels seized are to be released ; all 
warlike and other materials of all kinds seized in those 
ports are to be returned and German materials as spe- 
cified in clause twenty-eight are to be abandoned. 

Thirty. — All merchant vessels in German hands be- 
longing to the allies and associated powers are to be 
restored in ports to be specified by the allies and the 
United States of America, without reciprocity. 

Thirty-one. — No destruction of ships or material to 
be permitted before evacuation, surrender or restoration. 



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Thirty-two. — The German Government shall formally 
notify the neutral governments of the world, and par- 
ticularly the governments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark 
and Holland that all restrictions placed on the trading 
of their vessels with the allies and associate countries, 
whether by the German Government or by private Ger- 
man interests, and whether in return for specific con- 
cessions such as the export of shipbuilding materials or 
not, are immediately cancelled. 

Thirty-three. — No transfers of German merchant ship- 
ping of any description to any neutral flags are to take 
place after signature of the armistice. 

Section Six 

Duration of Armistice. 

Thirty-four. — The duration of the armistice is to be 
thirty days with option to extend. During this per- 
iod, on failure of execution of any of the above 
clauses, the armistice may be denounced by one of 
the contracting parties, on forty-eight hours' previous 
notice. 

Section Seven 

Time Limit for Reply. 

Thirty-five. — This armistice to be accepted or re- 
fused by Germany within seventy-tw T o hours of notifi- 
cation. 



Published for the information of this command. 
S. H. R. DOYLE, 
Captain, U. S. Navy, Commanding. 



78 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

13th November. 1918. For the first time since 
entering war all lights were lit, and many for 
the first time realized the pleasure of traveling 
on the mighty ocean without the constant vigi- 
lant lookout and watch for the deadly subma- 
rine. 

14th and 15th November, 1918. Rough weath- 
er encountered. Slowed down to from 15 to S 
knots. 

16th November, 1918. Ran out of gale and 
increased speed. Pay day today. 

17th November. Arrived at Gravesend Bay, 
and anchored for the night. The 300 or more 
wounded soldiers on board were particularly de- 
lighted to see the good old U. S. A. again. 

18th November, 1918. Docked at Hoboken, 
completing our tenth trip and our last trip dur- 
ing hostilities. Have traveled over 72,000 miles, 
from January 17th, 1918, to November 18, 1918. 
Moved into Fletcher's Shipyard for repairs, 
which, it is expected, will take about 45 days to 
complete, at the end of which time the ship will 
continue making trips across the Atlantic, bring- 
ing back wounded soldiers and troops to be de- 
mobilized in the States. 



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Total of Distances 

Bremerton to San Francisco, including speed and 

post repair and swinging ship 1533.2 

San Francisco to Panama 3268.4 

Panama to Colon Breakwater 40. 5 

Colon Breakwater to Charleston, including swing 

ship "1639.0 

Charleston to Gravesend Bay, New York 629. 1 

New York to Brest, including maneuvres and 

swinging of ship, Voyage No. 1 3-147.0 

Brest to New York, including swinging ship, 

Voyage No. 1 3151 .7 

New- York to Newport News, Voyage No. 2. . . . 291.2 

Newport News to Brest, Voyage No. 2 3356.4 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 2 .3179.5 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 3 3191 .3 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 3 3187.2 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 4 3224.9 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 4 3203.7 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 5 3168.7 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 5 3181 .7 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 6 3274.8 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 6. . . . .3157.1 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 7 3448.6 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 7 3229.2 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 8 3199.3 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 8 3196.4 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 9 3335.4 

Brest to New York, Vovage No. 9 3321 . 1 

New York to Brest, Voyage No. 10 3192.3 

Brest to New York, Voyage No. 10 3123.9 

TOTAL 72171.6 



80 U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 

Officers on Board on Trip to 
East Coast 

Captain W. W. Phelps, U. S. Navy, Commanding. 
Lieut. -Commander E. A. Lofquist, U. S. Navy, Execu- 
tive Officer. 
Surgeon A. E. Lee, U. S. Navy, Medical Officer. 
Lieutenant D. T. Hunter, U. S. Navy, Gunnery Officer. 
Lieutenant B. F. Tilley, U. S. Navy, Engineer Officer. 
P. A. Paymaster C. V. McCartv, U. S. Navy, Supply 

Officer. 
Lieutenant M. C. Partello, U. S. Navy, Asst. Gunnery 

Officer. 
Lieutenant C. Wall, U. S. N. R. F., Navigator. 
Lieutenant T. E. Russell, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Engineer. 
Asst. Surgeon J. I. Callanan, U. S. N., Asst. Medical 

Officer. 
Asst. Surgeon J. A. Owen, L T . S. X., Asst. Medical 

Officer. 
Lieutenant (jg) A. W. Anderson, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. 

Engineer Officer. 
Lieutenant (jg) G. Grundy, U. S. N. R. F., Division 

Officer. 
Lieutenant (jg) J. B. Walters, U. S. N. R. F., Engineer 

Department. 
Ensign W. R. McFarlane, U. S. N., Watch Officer. 
Ensign G. Kleinsmith, U. S. N., Watch Officer and 

Gunnery Department. 
Ensign C. H. Dougherty, U. S. X., Engineers Depart- 
ment. 
Ensign R. A. Helm, U. S. N., Engineers Department. 
Ensign H. C. Anderson, U. S. N. R. F., Watch and 

Division Officer. 
Ensign C. H. Porta, L T . S. N. R. F., Asst. Navigator. 
Ensign R. Killman, U. S. N. R. F., Watch and Division 

Officer. 
Ensign A. C. Carpy, U. S. N. R. F., Watch and Division 

Officer. 



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Ensign H. C. Kelsall, U. S. N. R. F., Engineers Depart- 
ment. 

Ensign E. D. Richards. U. S. N. R. F.. Watch and 
Division Officer. 

Ensign J. P. Jackson, U. S. N. R. F., Deck Duties. 

Ensign R. F. Bradley, U. S. N. R. F., Engineers Depart- 
ment. 

Ensign W. A. Dougan, U. S. N. R. F., Engineers De- 
partment. 

Ensign H. F. Holm, U. S. N. R. F., Engineers Depart- 
ment. 

Ensign J. O. Downey, U. S. N. R. F., Engineers Duty. 

Ensign R. G. DelaMare, U. S. N. R. F., Deck Duties. 

A. Pay Clerk C. W. Seitz, U. S. N., Supply Department. 

Machinist H. A. Mewshaw, U. S. N., Engineers Depart- 
ment. 

Machinist A. B. Provost, U. S. N., Engineers Depart- 
ment. 

Carpenter L. C. Penny, U. S. N., Construction Depart- 
ment. 

Pharmacist Q. C. Tucker, U. S. N., Medical Depart- 
ment. 

Boatswain J. Cullinan, U. S. N. R. F., Deck Duties. 

Officers on Board on Date of Cessation 
of Hostilities and their Duties 

Captain S. R. H. Doyle, U. S. Navy, Commanding. 

Lieut. -Commander B. F. Tilley, U. S. Navy, Executive 
Officer. 

Lieut. -Commander A. E. Lee, M. C, U. S. Navy, Senior 
Medical Officer. 

Lieut.-Commander C. H. Porta, U. S. N. R. F., Navi- 
gator. 

Lieutenant M. C. Partello, U. S. Navy, Gunnery Officer. 

Lieutenant George Grundy, U. S. N. R. F., Watch 
Officer. 

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Lieutenant H. C. Andersen, U. S. N. R. F., Watch 
Officer. 

Lieutenant J. I. Callanan, M. C, U. S. Navy, Asst. 
Medical Officer. 

Lieutenant J. A. Owen, M. C, U. S. Navy, Asst. 
Medical Officer. 

Lieutenant J. S. Cronin, M. C, U. S. Navy, Asst. Medi- 
cal Officer. 

Lieutenant C. G. Warfield, P. C, U. S. Navy, Supply 
Officer. 

Lieutenant W. A. Dougan, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Engi- 
neer Officer. 

Lieutenant F. B. Mullen, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Engi- 
neer Officer. 

Lieutenant (jg) W. R. McFarlane, U. S. Navy, 1st 
Lieutenant. 

Lieutenant (jg) C. H. Dougherty, U. S. Navy, Asst. 
Engineer Officer. 

Asst. Chaplain G. C. Whimsett, U. S. Navy, Chaplain. 

Lieutenant (jg) Max Cohen, U. S. N. R. F., Dentist. 

Ensign, R. P. Helm, U. S. Navy, Engineer Officer. 

Ensign A. B. Provost, U. S. Navy, Asst. Engineer 
Officer. 

Ensign A. C. Carpy, U. S. N. R. F., Watch Officer. 

Ensign E. D. Richards, R. F., Division and Watch 
Officer. 

Ensign E. A. Clare, U. S. N. R. F., Division and Watch 
Officer. 

Ensign J. T. Fairgrieve, U. S. N. R. F., Communication 
Officer. 

Ensign W. L. Clark, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Communi- 
cation Officer. 

Ensign D. G. Smith, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Gunnery 
Officer. 

Ensign H. H. Dadmun, U. S. N. R. F.. Watch Officer. 

Ensign W. S. Aylsworth, U. S. N. R. F., Watch Officer. 

Ensign W. G. Dow, U. S. N. R. F., Watch Officer. 

Ensign A. T. Douglas, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Gunnery 
Officer, 




Pay Clerk Walter H. Barowski, U. S. Navy— His good reputa- 
tion as a Commissary Steward was established long before 
he came to the Great Northern. He was largely re- 
sponsible for sensitive mothers complaining that their boys 
no longer appreciated their home cooking. 



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Ensign Ii. F. Holm, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Engineer 

Officer. 
Ensign S. Cox, U. S. N. R. F., Deck Officer. 
Ensign R. B. Fuller, U. S. Navy, Deck Officer. 
Ensign Gerald Dumars, U. S. Navy, Deck Officer. 
Ensign H. T. Collins, U. S. Navy, Asst. to Executive 

Officer. 
Ensign E. W. Christie, U. S. Navy, Deck Officer. 
Ensign R. W. Clarke, U. S. Navy, Deck Officer. 
Ensign J. G. Coffin, U. S. Navy, Deck Officer. 
Ensign G. C. Deny, U. S. Navy, Engineer Department. 
Ensign H. S. Davis, U. S. Navy, Engineer Department. 
Ensign R. F. H. Crawford, P. C, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. 

Supply Officer. 
Ensign L. F. Root. P. C, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Supply 

Officer. 
Ensign E. F. Shinn, P. C, U. S: N. R. F., Asst. Supply 

Officer. 
Ensign J. F. Sinclair, P. C, U. S. N. R. F., Asst. Supply 

Officer. 
Pay Clerk W. H. Barowski, U. S. Navy, Commissary 

Department. 
Machinist C. N. Van der Heuel, U. S. Navy Engineers 

Department. 
Machinist A. J. Ayer, U. S. Navy, Engineers Depart- 
ment. 
Pharmacist L. W. Kurtzman, U. S. N. R. F., Medical 

Department. 
Boatswain Paul Paulsen, U. S. N. R. F., Boatswain. 

On Board Since Leaving West Coast 
to the Cessation of Hostilities 

CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS: 

Anderson, Wilson D CMM USNRF 

Boyle, James E CBM USNRF 

Bradeen, Norris S CMM USNRF 

Chamberlain, Samuel A CWT USN 

Conners, Ralph M CCS USNRF 



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Davis, Peter CBM 

DeRosier, William CS 

Donahey, Henry B CWT 

Early, Roy J CBM 

Eder, Albin R CMM 

Fall, Fritz J CE 

Folliard, John C CY 

Fox, Walter F CCM 

Harlan, James B CPM 

Heacock, Charlie F CE 

Heinold, Theodore A CGM 

Irving, George CCS 

Johnson, Karl W CY 

McGlynn, Charles C CMM 

Marzolf , William A CY 

Moore, Rufus I CWT 

Nelson, Oscar M CQM 

Nichols, George CMM 

O'Hara, Edward J CY 

Orchard, Tesla K CS 

Phoenix, Charles F CSK 

Romig, Donald K CY 

Smith, Leland T CY 

Thomas, Samuel CPM 

Titus, Robert E CWT 

Weeks, Donald CWT 

Whelchel, Edwin L CWT 

Wilson, Robert M CMM 

PETTY OFFICERS, FIRST CLASS. 

Ballheim, Harry M MMlc. 

Beever, Newton J WT 

Bird, Ira C WT 

Callahan, Clarence SClc. 

Collier, Leonard T Elc. 

Coon, Frank L PMlc. 

Decker, Thomas M QMlc. 

Dirocco, Frank J MMlc. 

Draper, Earl R Bkrlc. 

Enneking, Clarence W BMlc. 

Gardiner, Mervel L Bkrlc. 

Gibson, Frederick L PMlc. 

Gibson, William W PMlc. 

Gilligan, Cornelius D WT 

Girdwood. David R Ylc. 

Herstrom, Arthur C ....MMlc. 

Kean, Lineham SClc. 

Knowles, John C Englc. 



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Lewis, Owen C MMlc. 

Lower, Albert B MMlc. 

Lufsky, Paul S GMlc. 

McDonald, Frank Bsmth 

Moore, Idus L WT 

Morrissey, John V Bmkr 

North, Wiley I Bmkr 

Nyland, Joseph S Englc. 

Osborn, Leonard SFlc. 

Patterson, William E Englc. 

Peirson, Thomas A WT 

Perry, Flatten C Brklc. 

Portis, James A Ptrlc. 

Shoemaker, Maynard E SFlc. 

Simpson, Perry H Ssmth 

Southwick, Claude W SMM 

Stewart, Earl R Elc. 

Stewart, Fred D WT 

Stewart, Ray MMlc. 

Talley, Forest L Bmkr. 

Wall, Edward E CMlc. 

Walthers, Harry V MMlc. 

Whipple, Delos BMlc. 

PETTY OFFICERS, SECOND CLASS. 

Amsberry, Boyd H SC2c. 

Austin, Alvin O Y2c. 

Brennan, Michael P Stk.2c 

Brennan, Thomas C Y2c. 

Brill, Rush H BM2c. 

Christian, Eugene j PM2c. 

Churchill, David S Eng2c. 

Coleman, Ralph W PM2c. 

Conrad, Carl A SC2c. 

Demick, William J Eng2c. 

Dinneen. William J PM2c. 

Dustin, Curtis W MM2c. 

Hall, Austin S BM2c. 

Hendricks, John P Csm.2c. 

Hubbcll, Jay H SC2c. 

Hudson, John A E2c. 

Johnson, Claude S E2c. 

Kimble, Daniel C Eng2c. 

Manuel. Clarence D QM?c. 

Mann, Melvin E MM2c. 

Perry, Robert D Y2c. 

Reinhart, Lloyd J Eng2c. 

Saunders, Gordon H Stk2c. 



USNRF 
USNRF 

USN 
FNR 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 



USN 

USN 
USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 



86 



U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



Stone, Lee L PM2c. 

Stults, John W SC2c. 

Terry, Paul SC2c. 

Tveit, Harold N MM2c. 

Ward, Hugh H Y3c. 

PETTY OFFICERS, THIRD CLASS. 

Boalch, Theodore A PM2c. 

Burno, Wilbur G Bugler 

Carter, Glenn Cox. 

Costigan, John T QM3c. 

Den, William Cox. 

Emerv, \\ T i 1 1 E Cox. 

Helander, Walter N QM3c. 

Howland, Warren E E3c. 

Johnson, Lea P Y3c. 

Jordan, Gene D QM3c. 

Kimmell, Rex QM3c. 

Karges, Caryl L Cox. 

Mortell, Daniel P Y3c. 

O'Connell, James P Cox. 

Rabb, William H Cox. 

Stiverson, George W Y3c. 

Tebeay, Lawrence W Cox. 

Tissot, Albert R GM3c. 

SEAMEN, FIREMEN, ETC. 

Alston, Alexandra M Sea. 

Balkwell, William R Sea. 

Barnum, William E Sea. 

Bartlett, Eddy Flc. 

Bergman, Edward C Sea. 

Bolles. Harry A Sea. 

Browning, Robert H Sea. 

Bryan, Walter M SC3c. 

Burcham, Clyde T Sea. 

Charlton, Trafford Sea. 

Chon, Julius Sea. 

Claiborne, Thomas C Sea. 

Cox, Fred G Sea. 

Cox, Henry J Sea. 

Dankworth, Albert R Sea. 

Darling, Ray O Sea. 

Davis, Ross E Flc. 

Dunham, Leland B Sea 

Dunkin. James C Sea. 

Faver, George Sea. 



USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 



USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN ■ 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 



USN 
USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 




"Carpenters' Gang," Brest in the Background 




Medical Department 



TROOP TRANSPORT 



87 



Fisher, Theodore J Sea. 

Furley, Alfred W Sea. 

Green, Earl J Flc. 

Hansen, Martin C Flc. 

Harms, Walter E Flc. 

Hymer, John Flc. 

Jones, Edwood G Sea. 

Kenny, George Sea. 

Kiple, Jesse Sea. 

Larson, Raymond E Sea. 

Laudenback, Leonard R Sea. 

Listman, Charles Sea. 

Livingston, Marion Sea. 

Looney, Oran E Sea. 

McCarty, Ray S Sea. 

McClernon, James R Sea. 

McKee, Harry E HAlc. 

Martini, Armand Sea. 

Miller, Raymond P Sea. 

Moebus, Frank Sea. 

Neely, William E Sea. 

Nelson, Harry R Sea. 

Nowy, Charles R SC3c. 

Peasner, Joseph R Sea. 

Peterson, Carl V Sea. 

Petrie, Fred A Flc. 

Pewtherer, Mace Sea. 

Pitchforth, Samuel E Sea. 

Porst, Herbert J Sea. 

Price, Harold E Sea. 

Proctor, Walter P Bkr2c. 

Rabb, James W Sea. 

Smith, Leslie Sea. 

Stewart, Kennedy R Sea. 

Strain, David F., Jr Sea. 

Vancuren, Paul E Bkr2c. 

Venne, Gilbert Flc. 

Vcsely, Fred E Sea. 

Williams, Millard M Sea. 

Wilkowski, Tony F Sea. 

Winkle, Andrew B Sea. 

Wraith, Edwin O Sea. 

Wright, Arthur D Sea. 

Yost, Chester W Flc. 

SEAMEN, FIREMEN, ETC. 

Bemis, Roy E F2c. 

Browne, Karl M S2c. 



USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 



USN 
USN 



88 



U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



Coleman, Ira M S2c. USN 

(Ship's Barber) 

Coulter, Charles S S2c. USN 

Downey, Acel S2c. USN 

Linstedt, Arthur C S2c. USNRF 

Messner, Frederick W S2c. USN 

Gurkowski, Joseph F2c. USN 

Jones, Benjamin J F2c. USN 

King, Will C F2c. USN 

Mills, August F2c. USN 

Pratt, Llovd A F2c. USN 

Young, Joseph I F2c. USNRF 

MESSMEN BRANCH. 

Abad, Francisco Matt2c. USN 

Aborque, Andres Matt2c. USN 

Acierto, Paul J Matt2c. USN 

Acman, Elenterio Matt2c. USN 

Agbayani, Manuel Matt2c. USN 

Alvarez, Antonio Matt3c. USN 

Amata, Simplicio Matt2c. USN 

Apostol, Quintin Mattlc. USN 

Aquino, Guillinno Matt2c. USN 

Aquitania, Jose Mattlc. USN 

Banal, Nisario Matt3c. USN 

Bellarosa, Cristobal F Matt3c. USN 

Buendia, Pedro Matt2c. USN 

Bulebar, Daniel Matt3c. USN 

Cristobal, Andres WOCk. USN 

Coyme, Ignacio Matt3c. USN 

Ela'gan, Cezar Matt2c. USN 

Estandarte, Paustino Mattlc. USN 

Gonzales, Pedro Matt3c. USN 

Guerta, Gabino Matt2c. USN 

Hulaton, Leon B Matt2c. USN 

McReynolds, Calvin WRCk. USN 

Majubay, Eugene Matt2c. USN 

Martinez, Orpriano Matt3c. USN 

Monhe, Rufino C Matt3c. USN 

Negre, Matio Matt2c. USN 

Nesbitt, John Mattlc. USN 

Salveron, Custodio Mattlc. USN 

San Gabriel, Sebastian Mattlc. USN 



TROOP TRANSPORT 89 

Members of the Ship's Company on 
the Trip fro?n the West Coast 

CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS. 

Barowski, Walter H CCStd. Appointed 

Pay Clerk. 

Blankenheim, Anton CBM Transferred. 

Browne, George G CWT USNRF 

Died May 10, 1918 
Cullinane, George H CY USNRF 

Transferred. 
Dunn, Arthur O CMM USNRF 

Transferred 

Fitzmaurice, Garrett P CCM USN 

Appointed Carpenter. 
Goodwin, Charles H CY USN 

Transferred. 
Hall, Alfred F CY USN 

Transferred. 
Hall, John A CY USN 

Transferred. 
Jensen, Viggo E CBM USNRF 

Transferred 
Johnson, Louis CQM FNR 

Transferred. 

Justice, Russel W CE USN 

Appointed Gunner. 
Lawton, Oliver B COP USNRF 

Transferred. 
Lohry, Walter E CY USN 

Transferred 
McEachern, Earl W CWT USNRF 

Transferred. 
Mahurin, James A CPM USN 

Transferred. 
Palko, Julius F CWT USN 

Transferred 

Paulson, Paul CBM USNRF 

Appointed Boatswain 
Prater. Terrence T CQM USN 

Transferred. 

Shinn, Elbert F CY USNRF 

Appointed Paymaster. 

Sinclair, James CY USNRF 

Appointed Paymaster. 



90 



U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



Stern, Joseph I CY USNRF 

Transferred. 

Van Der Heuel, C. N CMM USN _ 

Appointed Machinist. 

Walls, Bert T CStd. USN 

Transferred 

Weimer, Karl K CY USN 

Appointed Pav Clerk. 

Whitley, George XV CWT USN 

Transferred. 
PETTY OFFICERS, FIRST CLASS 

(All transferred.) 

Dalton, Mervyn E MMlc. USNRF 

Daughertv, Claud Englc. USN 

Granto, Hector J WT USN 

Guest, Howard E Englc. USNRF 

Hyatt, John T SClc. USN 

Johns, Henrv SClc. USN 

Lowe, Dan C Englc. USNRF 

McCauley, George C CMlc. USN 

Mead. John C Elc. USNRF 

Miller, John E Englc. USNRF 

Morris, Emery R MMlc. USNRF 

Pedersen, Edward A Elc. USN 

Pinn, Frederick E Elc. USNRF 

Scott, Howard W Elc. USNRF 

Swartz, George W Elc. USN 

Van Loo, Frank SFlc. USN 

PETTY OFFICERS, SECOND CLASS. 

Bratt. Lars J Eng2c. USNRF 

Brewer, Charles C SK2c. USNRF 

Eddy, Richard B Y2c. USN 

Everett, Lester H Eng2c. USNRF 

Groshong, Clarence V PM2c. USNRF 

Lampert, William Y2c. USN 

Mason, Tesse SC2c. USN 

Mason, Earl L. Eng2c. USN 

Mickle. Tohn L Oiler USNRF 

Murphy, Raymond C PM2c. USN 

Nicholson, William I MM2c. USN 

Roberts. Toy T BM2c. USN 

Rowe. Merwin MM2c. USN 

Summons, Vernon I Cox. USN 

Van Wye, Charles A MM2c. USN 

Von Bargen, Frederick H. G Eng2c. USNRF 

Walker, Tohn V BM2c. USNRF 

Wellington. Arthur D Y2c. USNRF 

Wilbert, Jack Henry SC2c. USN 



TROOP TRANSPORT 



91 



PETTY OFFICERS, THIRD CLASS. 

Dabney, Elmer L Cox. 

Murphy, Clyde F PM3c. 

Pruner, William H E3c. 

Sinclair, Louis G Cox. 

SEAMEN, FIREMEN, ETC. 

Anderson, Oscar A Flc. 

Averill, James P Sea. 

Bloker, Harold G Sea. 

Boike, Herman C Sea. 

Boyes, Gordon M Sea. 

Chase, Lewis F Sea. 

Chambers, Hugh H Bkr2c. 

Disley, Robert M Sea. 

Dunne, John A. T Sea. 

Fannin, Casper SC3c. 

Givenetti, Fred Sea. 

Henry, Leo G Sea. 

Holmes, Wallace D Bkr2c. 

Hough, Cyril W Sea. 

Jory, Henry A SC3c. 

Judd, Elmer P Flc. 

Keithly, Ruben Sea. 

Keuhey, W'illiam J Flc. 

Laenger, Ernest, Jr Sea. 

Long, Joseph SC3c. 

Meyers, Nicholas J Sea. 

Moore, John W Sea. 

Morris, Jesse S Sea. 

Munson, Arthur L Sea. 

Natoli, Joe Sea. 

Nixon, Jesse A F2c. 

Parker, Charles A Flc. 

Ryals, Kenneth M Sea. 

Thatcher, Hugh F Flc. 

Britton, Babe F2c. 

Bufifington, Bryan B F3c. 

Denny, Albert O F2c. 

Faust, Leonard A S2c. 

Fox, Joseph R F2c. 

Harvill, Frank S2c. 

Lawvere, Robert H S2c. 

Marsh, Stewart L Sea. 

Morgan, Virgil D F2c. 

Nicodemus, Conrad R S2c. 

Ormsby, Joseph M SC4c. 

Race, Alfred R .F2c. 

11 



USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 



USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

TISN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 



92 



U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



Reidy, James M S2c. 

Reinier, Edgar E S2c. 

Reinkens, Jacob J F2c. 

Ross, Winf red B F2c. 

Shaw, Angus R S2c. 

Seeley, Glen F2c. 

Sprouffske, Frank SC4c. 

Messmen Branch 

Antonio, Arcenio Matt3c. 

Capas, Alejardo Matt2c. 

Castaneda, Numeriano WRStd. 

Castillo, Damaso WOStd. 

Genuino, Alejandro WRCk. 

Goles, Alfred Matt3c. 

Hunt, James Matt3c. 

Rosero, Modesto C WOCk. 

Vicente, Leon B WOStd. 

Villacampa, Toni Matt3c. 



USNRF 
USN 
USNRF 
USNRF 

USN 
USN 
USN 



USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 
USN 



Men on Board After the Arrival of 
this Ship from the West Coast 

CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS. 

Casey, Joseph A CQM USN 

Frisco, Leonard COM USN 

Hodges, Joseph T CY USNRF 

Merwin, Joseph K (Cadet) .CBM USNRF 

Mullin, Ignatius I CY USNRF 

Reid, Herbert P (Cadet). CBM USNRF 

Scannell, Thomas F (Cadet). CBM USNRF 

Sherman, Essleck S (Cadet) .CBM USNRF 

Sodemann, Corwin J CY USN 

Wert, George S CCM FNR 

PETTY OFFICERS, FIRST CLASS. 

Amy, Jesse L WT USN 

Boehnisch, Paul Win Ylc. USNRF 

Carfagna, Henry E3c. USN 

Cox, Jay George . . . QMlc. USNRF 

Fackenthall, Austin S Bkrlc. USN 

Hungerford, Fred O Bkrlc. USNRF 

Long, William S SClc. • USNRF 

McDuffie, Daniel G WT USN 



11 



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93 



Morrissey, Floyd H WT 

Thomas, Harry R Bkrlc. 

Trachsler, Edwin Elc. 

PETTY OFFICERS, SECOND CLASS. 

Carramante, Francisco SC2c. 

Crowl, Amos T E2c. 

Edlund, Oscar C E2c. 

Fountain, Robert L SC2c. 

Goodman, Shirley H E2c. 

Haigh, George BM2c. 

Hall, Cowan McL Y2c. 

Hendricks, Howard R SC2c. 

Jones, William J SF2c. 

King, Dave SC2c, 

Kinkele, Fred A E2c. 

Lakin, Earl R E2c. 

McKinney, James J SC2c. 

Newmyer, William R SC2c. 

O'Connell, Charles M MM2c. 

Pyles, Ross C CM2c. 

Rogers, Edward W. ..... CM2c. 

Shea, Leo J E2c. 

Sheehan, Eugene P Eng2c. 

Stead, Frank W Stk2c. 

Walint, Louis Joe, Jr MM2c. 

Ware, Joe B Y2c. 

Jacobs, Theodore F Eng2c. 

PETTY OFFICERS, THIRD CLASS 

Allen, William S PM3c. 

Baber, Floyd E E3c. 

Butler, Hardv R E3c. 

Duffy, John H QM3c. 

Duree, Cecil M E3c. 

House, Walter R PM3c. 

John, David M .'.'..".'.. .'.".'. PM3c. 

Kendall. Oral F Cox. 

Peterson, Elof H Y"3c. 

Robinson, Adam J Y3c. 

Robinson, Leroy P E3c. 

Rosenberg, John QM3c. 

Sencenbaugh, Rex W E3c. 

Sherry, W T illiam E3c. 

Treff, Clarence E3c. 

Yacovone, John B .^ ... . CM3c. 



USN 
USN 
USNRF 



USNRF 

USN 
USNRF 

USN 

US'N 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 



USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 



94 



U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



SEAMEN, FIREMEN, ETC. 

Angelo, William F3c. 

Aubin, Henry L F3c. 

Bader, Raymond W S2c. 

Bamerlin, James W S2c. 

Barber, Eric C F2c. 

Barrett, Arthur A S2c. 

Berthiaume, Gaspard S2c. 

Binzer, Henry H Bkr2c. 

Blackman, Max SC3c. 

Blair, Turner F2c. 

Boyce, John A S2c. 

Buckly, Alonzo E F3c. 

Buonora, Anthony F F3c. 

Bush, Paul S HAlc. 

Canny, Daniel J Se,3c. 

Campbell, Glenn F2c. 

Carroll, Charles V F2c. 

Carlson, Clarence F3c. 

Clark, Wiley S2c. 

Clyne, Charles SC3c. 

Costello, Mortimer J F2c. 

Coulter. Tames E F3c. 

Colvin, Allan B HAlc. 

Condit, Walter Flc. 

Condra, Edward L Sea. 

Craig, Norman E F3c. 

Crowlev, Edward B F3c. 

Cryster, Charles E F3c. 

Cummins, Ben M S2c. 

Cunningham, Edgar L S2c. 

Davis, Frank SC3c. 

Dailv, Thomas W F3c. 

Donahey, Emmett N F3c. 

Defelice, John J F3c. 

DeHaven, Wm. F F3c 

Dobbie, William G F3c. 

Doelfel, William P F3c. 

Dolan, John F F3c. 

Donahue, Floyd F F3c. 

Donahue, Walter J F3c. 

Dortch, William T F3c. 

Dortch, Harvey G F2c. 

Elliott, R. A Flc. 

Engel, George F3c 

Farley, Francis J SC4c. 

Friend, Ralph W SC3c. 

Gimber, Don H Sea. 

Goodman, Frank SC~c. 



USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

FNR 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USNRF 

USNRF 

USN 

USN 

USNRF 



TROOP TRANSPORT 



95 



Gould, Clifton J S2c. USN 

Graham, William F Sea. USN 

Graves, Charles H SC3c. USN 

Gross, Albert A S2c. USNRF 

Griffin, Harold SC4c. USNRt 

Gulan, Walter S Sea. USN 

Gunther, Raymond C SC3c. USN 

Guffin, Fred A S2c. USNRF 

Gust, Fred E F3c. USNRF 

Gwartnev, Frank W S2c. USN 

Hagan, Thomas P S2c. USNRF 

Hale, Charles J S2c. USNRF 

Hanna, Joseph E SC4c. USNRF 

Harding, Elmer G S2c. USNRF 

Harris, Ralph M Flc. USN 

Herbst, Charles P S2c. USNRF 

Hill, George A SC3c. USNRF 

Howard, Thomas F3c. USNRF 

Hronek, Rudolph Bkr2c. USN 

Hughes, Charles Bkr2c. USN 

Isele, Walter S HAlc. USN 

Jakey, LeRoy Flc. USNRF 

Jones, Benjamin H Sea. USN 

Jones, Boyd E S2c. USN 

Tones, Wilson F AS USNRF 

Johnson, Charles M S2c. USNRF 

Johnson, William S2c. USNRF 

Karlstad, Clarence O AS USNRF 

Kelsall, Howard C AS USN 

Kellv, Micheal A S2c. USN 

Kendel, Robert M S2c. USNRF 

Kendel, Robert M S2c. USNRF 

Kimbrough, Claud L S2c. USN 

Kisner, William J S2c. USNRF 

Kohn, Clyde F S2c. USNRF 

Kreiner, Charles J S2c. USNRF 

Kresse, Julius C AS USNRF 

Knickerbocker, Leslie F Sea. USN 

Knott, Earle J Sea. USN 

Kunde, Kurt C AS USNRF 

Kunde, Emil J Flc. USNRF 

Langford, Letcher L HAlc. USN 

Lapraith, George T Flc. USN 

Laederach, Julius S2c. USNRF 

Lail, Thomas H S2c. USNRF 

Laing, Walter A S2c. USNRF 

Lamb, Earrald C AS USNRF 

Larkin, Arthur J F2c. USN 

Larsen, Leroy R AS USN 



% 



U. S. S. GREAT NORTHERN 



Larson, Victor A S2c. USNRF 

Lawson, Chester A S2c. USNRF 

Lewandowski, Stanley H AS USNRF 

Liebl, Joseph A S2c. USNRF 

Lohrey, William O S2c. USN 

Lott, Harry W S2c. USNRF 

Lund, Hans AS USNRF 

Luberger, William SC3c. USNRF 

Luzader, Harry B Sea. USN 

Mantle, Lewis C S2c. USNRF 

Marguart, John E S2c. USNRF 

Mattern, George SC2c. USNRF 

Madigan, William C Bkr2c. USN 

Mathews, John J SC3c. USNRF 

McCandless, Lee R Flc. USN 

McClary, Kelly W Sea. USNRF 

McCracken, Thomas C Sea. USN 

McKeon, William Sea. USN 

McNutt. Walter E Sea. USN 

McDonnell, Joseph AS USNRF 

McLachlin, Albert L S2c. USN 

Mericle, Howard W Sea. USN 

Michalski, Tony AS USN 

Miller, Ralph W S2c. USNRF 

Murphv, Floyd V S2c. USNRF 

Nelson, Henry AS USN 

Newbill, Carl V SC3c. USN 

Nickerson, Harry I SC4c. USNRF 

Norris, Harrv L S2c. USNRF 

O'Brien, Charlie Sea. USN 

O'Brien, Edward SC4c USN 

Oberhauser, Charles E F3c. USNRF 

O'Connell, Peter J S2c. USN 

O'Connor, Joseph P HAlc USNRF 

O'Hearn, Leo C S2c. USN 

Oliver, Chester V SC4c. USNRF 

Oliver, Shirley K SC4c. USNRF 

Olson, Walter S2c. USN 

Parr, Roy E S2c. USNRF 

Perkins, James E S2c. USN 

Peters, Arthur J Sea2c. USNRF 

Peterson, Albin W S2c. USNRF 

Petri, Leonard C AS USNRF 

Peters, Arthur J Bkr2c. USN 

Podraza, John S2c. USNRF 

Pratten, Norman L AS USNRF 

Prince, Abe S2c. USNRF 

Pritts, Curtis E S2c. USN 

Prv, Earl J Sea. USNRF 



TROOP TRANSPORT 



<>7 



Ray, Paul L Flc. USNRF 

Reid, Carl K S2c. USN 

Reisman, Maurice E S2c. USNRF 

Reynolds, Michael H S2c. USN 

Rebmann, Frederick C Bkr2c. USN 

Reichert, Albert H HAlc. USNRF 

Richardson, Henry H S2c. USNRF 

Riddle, Clarence L S2c. USNRF 

Rinderneck, Harris S S2c. USN 

Rishar, Anthonv A S2c. USNRF 

Ritchie, Arthur J S2c. USNRF 

Rice, James M SC3c. USNRF 

Robinson. LeRoy E S2c. USNRF 

Romano, Thomas A S2c. USN 

Ryekman, Flovd J. S S2c. USN 

Rust, Howard A Sea. USNRF 

Slane, Daniel F Flc. USN 

Smith, James SC3c. USNRF 

Stowe, Earsal Flc. USN 

Swope, John R Bkr2c. USN 

Salak, James S2c. USN 

Samuelson, Carl A AS USN 

Sanker, Harry D AS USNRF 

Schomer, William S2c. USN 

Schwartz, David D SC3c. USNRF 

Silveira, Lawrence J S2c. USN 

Singleton, Arthur L S2c. USN 

Snyder, Peter P F3c. USN 

Spencer, William T F3c. USNRF 

Sperier, Alphonse J F3c. USN 

Sroka, Joseph F F3c. USN 

Stafford. Joseph F3c. USN 

Steinruck, Henry John L S2c. USNRF 

Stockwell, Wallace E S2c. USNRF 

Tamaskovics, Mike, Jr S2c. USNRF 

Taylor, Ollie F2c. USN 

Throm, Thomas H S2c. USN 

Toler, Floyd N F2c. USN 

Ullsperger, Ermil W F3c. USNRF 

Vagoun, Frank Flc. USN 

Van Meter, William J F3c. USN 

Voegelein, Edward J S?c. USN 

Wall, Sylvester SC3c. USNRF 

Watkins, Harry A.. Jr Sea. USN 

Whealy, Chester Van Flc. USN 

Willis, Robert E Flc. USN 

Wakevainen, Aros F F3c. USNRF 

Walt, Forest E F3c. USNRF 

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Wilgus, Horace E S2c. 

Wiley, Amos E F3c. 

Will, Edward C , F3c. 

Winzell, Edwin F3c. 

Wright. William G .'...' S2c. 

Young, James M Bkr2c. 

Zeller, Howard W SC4c. 

Zern, Widriey F F3c. 

Zuick, Harold M F3c. 

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Byrne, Eugene J Matt3c. 

Caracci, Frank P Mattic. 

Chambers, Walter Matt3c. 

Coles, Cornelius R Mattlc. 

Collins, Charles L C.Std. 

Edwards, James A Matt3c. 

Farnell, Henrv C.Ck. 

Fielding, William WOStd. 

Flanagan, T. P. L WRStd. 

Gardner, Chester F Matt3c. 

Grant, Raleigh G Matt2c. 

Heade, Ambrose M Matt3c. 

Henrv, Thomas Matt3c. 

Hill, "Paul B Mattlc. 

Hinezey, Jack Mattlc. 

Hunter, Emirett E Matt3c. 

Hyman, James A Mati3c. 

Irving, Paul Matt3c. 

Ingraham, Richard Matt3c. 

James, Benjamin L Mattlc. 

Jones, Shirley S Matt3c. 

Kisner, Isaac Matt2c. 

Kistner, Rudolph Matt3c. 

Lacaze, Joseph F Matt2c. 

Lyles, Harrv E Matt3c. 

Munro, Tohn A WRStd. 

Oliver, William F Matt3c. 

Steward, Thomas H Matt2c. 

Texada", Kilbainy WRStd. 

Thomas, Theodore T Matt3c. 

Zavattaro, Frank WRStd. 



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